When a young man I so loved you
with heart and soul both bold yet true
The fates have come between us both
though my feelings still speak of you


This was a love without a ring
instead kept by the heart and kiss
That also didn't fall with time
nor with the childish loss of bliss


When love is tethered to the heart
possessed of happy devotion
The passing years will never dull
the height nor depth of that ocean


So it was as it should have been
this love bound only in spirit
Would not be shed of by the grave
nor by those who failed to hear it

Tate
Original version with pictures and music
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/aristate/515537/