Face off

Your face is ever before me

     like a painting etched in sky

as the dusk of dawn approaches

     still seeking the reasons why

 

I would set upon your head a crown

     before you would I bow

with affection would I clothe you

     if knew I only how

 

Every sight of you is pleasure

     your voice to me a song

every feeling within that's stored up

     to be empty of it wrong

 

Never have eyes seen so much

     stored in a well of man

fought have I with resistance

     It's course for me unplanned

 

The mountains into the valley slide

     the path of which you spake

to empty there every river

     like the fig in wind does shake

 

My ear has heard its calling

     like angels in the wind

the words of a heart falling

     to reason its amend 

 

Every note has played its key

     upon us did aria descend 

the chords of exultation

     a song can none pretend

 

Every key has its own note

     every scale its own cry

every sound of truth you hear

     will every lie defy

 

You are my beloved one

     none can you replace

in every place I seek you

     to have my eyes             upon your face

 

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