deep in me, my masterpiece,
set aglow with gifted light
an image there, sweet misery,
that pains me with its sight
no brush have I, or canvas here,
in which to weave the scene
and I have but a memory,
in which to capture the dream
in this false serenity,
he's there within my mind
and upon his face, an unearthly glow,
in which the stars doth shine
rapture here, unending bliss,
lost within the sweetest kiss
but dreams collide, and the moments gone,
within the malice of a hiss
and deep in me, my masterpiece,
has lost the gentle glow
my painted scene, and dreams of thee,
is all i'll ever know
and turns the colors of the dream,
my fading masterpiece
worn and torn, from aging years,
and folded with a crease
the smiles before, of image clear
a blur within the mirror
that now is lost, in memory
sweetness of a dream, in me
and now my mind, a canvas white
not set aglow by gifted light
seeks to find imagination
to weave again, a new creation