DESIDERATUM
Where darkness rendered absolute
till rising sun exhibited
its early rays of subdued light
and shades of shadows shyly hid
the distant path that disappeared
down which his steps he now retraced.
With haze of gray upon his hair
and now described of sober caste
yet little touched by passing years
with whispers of the past preserved
as memories were disinterred
by lonely progress made of impulse.
Straying quietly from the road
his curious eye the vista swept
until he spied her sylphlike form
and so as judgement did decree
with sudden heat of feelings burst
he vouched to live his life anew.