By Nick tpdinh@ucsd.edu
Date: 7 June 1998

Love's Seasons

Full-flowered summer lies upon the land.
I kiss your lips, your hair -- and then your hand
Slips into mine; oh, we both understand
                         That love is sweet?
The roseleaf falls, the color fades and dies;
The sunlight fades, and summer's gone by.
There comes a shadow across your wistful eyes --
                           Is love so sweet?
Flowers are dead, and land is blind with the rain;
Bud of beauty bears the fruit of pain --
Can any note revive the broken strain,
                           Is love so sweet?
The world is cold, and death is everywhere.
I turn to you in my heart's despair
Find peace and rest, knowing through foul or fair,
                         That love is sweet.