As you perfect my favorite view
It's almost as if I painted it
With inspiration from you
A priceless ruby that melts in the sea
Wouldn't mean a thing
But while you're there to compliment it
I hear the night air sing
As the ocean's nightly blanket
Sweeps upon the shores
I watch in admiration
Every smile and step of yours
The arrival of the moon
Means I must sadly leave
But with tomorrow's grace at dusk
My view I shall retrieve
The twinkling stars I envy
For they can stay with you
But with their help tomorrow's sky
Will be a cloudless blue
Nature's portrait seems incomplete
It seems in some way shamed
But if I was a part of it
This painting would be framed.