The Trip I Did Not Take

   

“You are the trip I did not take;

    You are the pearls I could not buy;

You are my blue Italian lake;

     You are my piece of foreign sky.

You are my Honolulu moon;

     You are the book I did not write;

You are my heart’s unuttered tune;

     You are my candle in the night.

You are my flower beneath the snow;

     In my dark sky a bit of blue,

Answering Disappointments blow

    With “I am happy!  I have you!”