Second Draft - "Oh, You!"

Oh you, possessed of such a tempting grace,
moving so sublimely through star-struck space;
Can I ask of you this quiet question-
Why do those sad tears frame that flawless face?

What's the reason for the crystal lesson
that streaks your oh-so controlled complexion?
Have you, through some finally found fancy
been taught the meaning of real rejection?

Maybe, you dreamt of a light romancing
Under the moons bright, fatal faerie-fire-
It's sight telling tales - "Twin Desire-
The Story of Helens Doom-Dancing".

No, I didn't think that the murky more
That we call "Love" would have you trapped today-
To make such stories of these fallen fae
As an excuse to perform worn word-play--

--Or! Mayhaps, it's some other telling tale
That put you into this unjust travail-
And left you with those shimmering-so streaks
Across your face (Falling pallid and pale).

Had your well-laid plans reached that mile-high peak
Then plunged; Wasted - Leaving you worn and weak
With no way out, no truly clear choices,
No way to gain the happiness you seek?

Did you want a house with joyful voices,
A backyard echoing lilting laughter?
Has some callous event foreclosed that chapter,
Filling your womb with some private poison?

No, I don't think that's what I'm after.
You're not being held by some coarse constraint-
Nor your body filled with some tragic taint
that would leave you so faltering and faint--

--But Darling - No matter; Your poignant pain
creates such feeling in this simple swain!
And be it my damning declaration,
I will never let you be hurt again!

You will never want for stone or station,
Nor need to seek some other relation.
If the dreary dusk tried to mar your mood,
To make a Sun, I'd master creation!

To your beauty I would always allude,
(The runic tint to those even-ether eyes)
No comparison would bespeak of lies,
Only to the lay does the truth elude-

So Lady, let my love for you give rise,
To the dawning of our sublunary Sun!
For you; My suitors pledge that come what come,
On my honor, my life; They will be done!