to yourself you seem
a birthday girl ....
o aeterna veritas
waking each dawn
to a rain-washed sky
and clear cool sun ....
o vera caritas
but to me
(and to him)
you are
a galaxy irreplaceable
a shimmering luminosity
of light, of life and of love ....
o cara aeternitatis
where each small star
echoes
the radiance of eternity ....
(O eternal truth
and true loving
and beloved eternity)
o aeterna veritas
et vera caritas
et cara aeternitatis ....
20th July 2000