Life Affinity

My Maiden rose within the dawn Fairer than the softest fawn Her smile lit my weary heart From this embrace I’ll never part We skip across the mountain vale From where I dreamt this faery tale Our romance flows from that pure spring Her sweetness made my spirit sing To court my Lady of the Stars Whose beauty drew my love afar To taste the honey of her light To gently kiss and hold her tight

          Struck by the sight of his lady           He drew close to the spirit of beauty           Who shone from the bloom of her face           Melting his heart with her grace                       She gleamed like a gem from the stars           Whose lamps lit the kiss of that fire           That leapt from the dawn of all yearning           Feeding his love that was burning           As he saw the spirit in flesh           He knew th...

  Love is a thorny rose Who draws the sweetest blood Her bewildering sting Imparts a secret medicine The weeping of the heart Yields its own reward  Burning through the dawn Of this beautiful arrival Our passion roasts The Feast of Christ Mulling a wine to wet The fever of the lover's madness This haunting spell pulls us closer Through the unveiling of estrangement That arrow pierced my soul Until there was nothing left but You