"To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days." -Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III Scene i

I found beauty when I saw her

She gazed into my eyes

We talked together, we laughed together

I found where heaven lies

In her eyes I saw innocence,

Beauty, love, and cheer

But was it real? Or a disguise

To shroud her pain and fear?

I came to say I loved her...

She found little to say

Behind her eyes hid secrets

Kept in solitude and dismay

The secrets leapt from my love's eyes!

Dark and sad they were

I was brave, but they were strong

What could I say to her?

I used my courage, my love and madness

And tried to keep along

But my love, what of her?

Could she be as strong?

The answer came: it could not be

She found herself afraid

She reasoned aaway any strenth she had

And so a tragedy she played

For with too much reason and too much caution

One misses out on life

So with my love, she could not end

Her loneliness and strife

Evils past and present devoured her

They made flightless this dove

And so it was, and came to pass

Reason destroyed my love

By Peter Hazen