''Together As One''

For You my love's unwavering and ample to inspire; its passion for You burns red-hot like a blazing bonfire. All the year long my thoughts o'er You captivate and free me; they form wing-like to my caged mind which You give liberty. Like the vast, bottomless oceans my warmth for You runs deep; in its depths is my great ardor that makes great Neptune weep. Like Helen of Troy Your fair face surely can launch a fleet of a thousand ships brimming with Greeks who'd war by Your feet. Even Homer's rich, epic verse cannot do You justice; his oft-sung poetry pales near You, my dark-haired goddess. Were You deity of Greek myth You'd be Aphrodite, a numen of unsurpassed grace and of such great beauty; or Athena, goddess of wisdom, justice, the arts and war. As deity of lore and truth You'd shut ignorance's door. On life's tempestuous seas You'd foreshadow bright omens as harbinger of good fortunes and patron of captains. Your rare spirit so enrapts me and carries me along that the joy of Your company compels me to new song. I wish at last to pen, Beloved, that what I have begun with this poem won't be finished 'til we're together as one!