Ode To Vita

You are the morning star to my setting sun With a brightness and beauty no other could own. Toward you are drawn fully wondrous eyes Whilst my glory fades,bereft e'en of sighs. Fate has been in part somewhat unkind Throwing us together ,though years apart. You live so strongly in my mind But age dictates I can never win your heart. Had Kismet our lives but better aligned And granted we be at an equal phase, What happiness Destiny might have designed For us to be conjoined in purest love and grace Yet how could sadness me so sorely dight When I revel in your love of life so bright? No,'tis with ecstasy I raise my voice As Providence has in you let me rejoice. Our friendship is for me the true reward Filling my heart with ever sweeter concord. How melancholy and empty would my life have been, Were your rare beauty and vitality left unseen!