In love with loving, we our loving lost
To red-faced Hippocrene. Our course once shined
‘Gainst brittle lights no nights unlit have crossed
But rushing rude denial, we decline.

So through a thrashing ocean we made way
T’ward ruthless shoals and shards that lay ahead.
‘Gainst brittle lights, no nights unlit could stay
Immune to bitter barbs we both had bred.

Still, in a promised future, we could dance
And cling to vows once promised, heart to heart.
‘Gainst brittle lights, no nights unlit dare chance
To force this love to end, so near the start.

My love, preserve our fragile light-dimmed dome
‘Gainst brittle lights, for light will lead us home.