Until All The Stars Go Out

I will love you
As long as my lungs fill with air
To motivate my beating heart,
To stir lifeblood through each part,
Pulsating, animating there.

I will love you
As long as a loving idea
Connects thought to tongue,
Connects my mind along
Reasons for drawing you near.

I will love you
As long as the Earth will turn
Always to gently spin
Always a day to begin
With you, for your love I yearn.

I will love you
Until the sky is no more
Or, oceans evaporate,
Or, mountains disintegrate
Into pebbles on the seashore.

I will love you
Until the constant Moon
Makes no ocean ebb and flow
Makes no continent shrink or grow,
That day will be too soon.

I will love you
Until all the stars go out
Never to give forth their light,
Never to beautify the night
But blot our eternity out…