The Lovely One

"With eyes of light,

And lips of rose,

Her elegant grace,

Cures all my woes,

 

And her beauty,

Is truly,

Second to none,

For she is the lovely one.

 

And to kiss her,

Would truly be,

The purest form,

Of ecstacy

 

And now my love,

Has been professed,

And your reply,

I have no guess.

But above all,

Remember this.

 

You are the lovely one. "

— 1998

"I have found other eyes that shine as bright,

Some with rays of everlasting light,

That have burned for me like lighthouses upon the stormy sea.

I have sinced kissed lips made of many flowers,

I have let mine linger upon theirs for hours,

I have tasted the taste that makes all lost time see less a waste.

There have been many with form, figure, and grace,

Who’ve calmed my roiling heart with a flash across their face

Of a smirk, a smile, or even with a loving glance meant to beguile.

Yet your beauty is still almost beyond compare,

When I plumb my memories your eyes are always there,

They have haunted my life, bent my heart with the sweetest strife.

I no longer long for your love, nor hope, nor yearn

For your heart or your eyes, I’ve grown and learned,

I’ve moved my heart from place to place, failing to forget your face.

Truth be told, I did not wish to forget

What little reply you gave when I confessed,

I was young and you were fast and free, you were not meant for me.

I love you now, though many years have passed,

You broke my heart open and now my love is vast,

It spilled out and made its home in every corner it could roam.

I feel its finally time to perhaps move beyond the memory,

To a new vision that summons boundless ecstacy,

It has been many years of trial, loss, love, and fear.

I may be forever broken by you and others after,

I’m haunted by one’s eyes, one’s smile, another’s laughter,

Yet I have a love and love someone more than any other love I’ve had or felt before.

I love her like all the former flowers in vast array,

I love her and will love her every hour of every day,

I love her with rhymes silly, sweet, but true, I love her more than I ever loved you.

And though I’m broken and beyond repair,

I still love strongly and she’s not going anywhere,

The time has finally come, you’re no longer my lovely one."