Young Love Lost
Though I lament the death of former youth,
a time of naive innocence and sweet bliss,
which hid from me life's dark, unpleasant truth,
and withheld forbidden pleasures that I miss;
a time of brawny beauty and strong thews,
as of Greek gods of Olympian prime,
like Hercules of fabled strength, sinews,
and might of once renown from mythic time.
But mighty Zeus, how I desire most for
the renewing of my now loveless life,
which longs for the fair maidens of folklore,
whose tenderness only can quench loss's strife!
Because of my decline's increasing years,
I lose young love as life's twilight appears.
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