Time is cruel in melancholy’s capture
A lover’s sacred dance
Stained in my dreamy trance
With echos of love’s laughter
O Cherished in my mind’s reserve
Weaved into a thought that glows
It takes all the sorrow away
Until nothing but a smile shows...
Time is sweetened in joy’s rapture
Lips that kissed learn how to smile
Sinking into memories all the while
With hearts that dare not to fracture
By Angela Puorro
