Love's Briefest Hour

12/09/07

How many times can the heart break

Before it ceases functioning,

How many blows can the soul take

Before life ceases functioning.

How many times did you betray

The love so brightly born in us,

Your faith could not survive the day

For doubt in you was bottomless.

I saw your angel soul and knew

One day you would not hesitate

To find a music only few

Have heard in meditative state.

You are so young and there is time,

Time for the song in you to flower

Perhaps one day a peak to climb

Where once you lived love's briefest hour.