Words to Stir

I cannot touch you
With gentle words.
Rhyme will not beckon
Nor emotions rekindle
The passion that lit us
Like fires in the night.

I have reasoned
With stars
Implored the moon
To whisper in your heart
And return you to me.

Nights
Frosted with sorrow
Pass as bits
Of shattered infinity.

I beg God for words
Words
To unlock your heart.

You are beyond sonnets
Beyond the reason of poets
Deaf to the lure of love
And the song of angels.

Yet
I must not cease
I must not surrender
I must not forsake
The potion that words stir
In hearts as tender as yours.

Tune your heart
Again to me
Again to me
To me
My love
To me.