A time more than a holiday
A meeting and a beginning
To a once in a lifetime romance
Tender, intense embraces
Much like the spirit of an adventure
Reaching an exotic allure
And a mystery of culture
This fascination encountered
Walking on two paths
One to her
Another, empath
This story of love,
Reaching from medieval times
Places and Palaces and the present
Monseratte's saudade is sublime
To the Music Room
Inspiring a proposal of matrimony
With perfect muses and graces
Accepted inside full vulnerability
She's protected by the sun,
Luna and the stars
From her heart, inside a song
Listening from my soul and from afar
by Gary Hodges, for Rita
