I’ve seen this beauty only twice before;
A radiant splendor greatly Divine.
A fresh vitality that can restore
This Heart anew and bring it forth in line.

To see such beauty twice is rare indeed
And so I never thought to count a third.
Confined to Darkness I did thus concede,
To never more for Beauty write a word.

But then I happened on your eager eyes
Reflecting back the most enchanted Light,
That ever did come down from God’s great sky.
Enlivening my own with fresh new sight.

For where tonight I was a waning glow
On sight of you my heart began to grow.

I’ve often wondered if I’d be happier
If you were not a mindful memory.
Erase the vow I made to you in fear,
Which casts my love to a false forgery.

My stalwart defense, eroding of late
As images of you do haunt my mind.
The burgeoning nightmares do correlate
To all the inner thoughts I bear unkind.

O! Empty sleep, how I did once love thee
And long to languish in thy dark embrace.
But shadows in thy night do now haunt me,
A portentous rest filled with her fair face.

No other promise do I hope to break
Save the one to you I made by mistake.

For within structure is where my mind lies
Exploring Order and all its device
Rejecting Chaos and all it belies;
A false image presented to entice.

I have long since forgotten who I am
Left solely to pretend with my face masked
Utterly ashamed her only demand
A glimmer of light to my dark contrast.

O, I have lived a lie all of this time.
My words and actions falling short again.
Containing within no essence divine,
No spark, no flame, no real truth to live in.

Follow the truth that you see in your heart
And wistfully away from me depart.