We are not, nor were

To love you with that former might As a young heart could well bestow When forever, day and night Was easy promises to grow When years of taming had me bound I'd cast a glance at strangers near But parted, fully convinced, soun Glad to be a part, though whole disappear And time lies about infinity First – gold upon the blue With an unseen brush, imperceptibly It lays a patina on all anew When spent maturity, so fleet Departed suddenly to rest Now it's not that... it's obsolete I see no truth in faith possessed Where a vast world for two resides And hearts beat as a single one But someone casually it derides We are not, nor were You've long been wed And time lies about infinity First – gold upon the blue With an unseen brush, imperceptibly It lays a patina on all anew