"Time locks (and unlocks ) the lovers' hearts."
Endless, both Springtime, with impassioned Youth,
and Beauty, true as self; both guile-less.
Timeless, this portrait, meant exact, matchless.
Frail Nature and Loveliness kneel to Truth.
My heart sees full and fresh portrayed, Love's growth.
Blooms fair a flower un-nourished, yet does endure.
I thus seek not soil foreign, as a fool doth.
but higher climes: the limb-sites of orchids' venture.
So hopeless, once, the treasures now my trove,
'spite golden shackles -- freedom past compare !
Youth ? Gone ! Flown Beauty. But remains, pure Bliss.
While less-than-mortal-standard men shunned this!
End Silence ! Say your love and name so fair !
I love you less for Youth or Beauty, than Love ! !