For Mary Helen, Soul at Rest

God's Transforming Kiss

A little of earth's beauty has been lost.

Though difficult to estimate the cost,

I believe the joys of which the poets sing

Are tinged with hues of sadness and the spring

Not quite as bright in beauty as I knew

When life rejoiced the loveliness of you

And music filled the pages of my days.

For love revealed the secret of the ways

Two souls by light possessed can recognize

The oneness found again in rapture's eyes

Beyond the unknown form, the present face.

Persisting through the ages is Her Grace

That weds the world to realms of heaven-bliss

And seals our lives with God's transforming kiss.