More than I’ll ever need
Far more than I can sustain
She’s evaded the iron clasp of my youth
The trove of sweet-nothings
I’ve toiled over in secret

Each moment I delve
That trails on endlessly
Far out of reach
In an ominous refrain
Of how, where and when

I empty the troves
Hastily, bereft of thought
As romance clouds
My mind in its frenzy of promise

The soothing sweetness
Of a caring and generous morrow
Magnified solace
Even dreams cannot retain

More than I’ll ever need
Much more I’ll never know
She spares me
For the refuge of another time
An opportune haven
When growth
Has paved my jagged state of mind

With all I can
With every patient fiber within
I strain and strive
In mending the chasm of time