In This Heart

In this heart will you dwell
Forever as one—strength and fallibility
In the overflowing pool of emotions
Forever circulating—love and memory

Toward the eternal dark of night I look
Its void—the celestial majesty—seen
Into the depths of starlit oneness I venture
Your gaze-—warm yet piercing—draws me

Betrayed by its logical nature
My mind struggles to contain your mystery
Heart’s wisdom overcomes the struggle …
Humble purveyor of love and serenity

The taste of your name on my lips
Brings a sweetened quickening of breath
Your pale moon face forever in mind
Memory calls forth every groove and plane

Many fair faces have these eyes seen
Always come and go … have come and gone
Though in this night sky yours will ever be
As the full moon pales the stars with its sheen