“...have you been waiting all this time, faithful as always, my Life?...”

“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...”

“...and you thought beauty was the outward show - but now you know the truth, my Love - it's always been the inner fire...”

“...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...”

“...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was sending me you -sad...”

“...you betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean...”

“...when you enter a room, my wound opens, but there is light, always light, when you come in...”