Synergy

I found this in an old journal today. Decided to revamp and resurrect it.

Synergy

If beauty hath her soul to offer,
So hath he a certain strength to give.
Though she may of the two be softer,
Strength yearns to surrounded with it live.

Both these advance in one synchrony,
If effort's made in proper time,
To effect a space of synergy:
Ultimate race of verse and rhyme.

Protect, and in effect provision,
May he, strength, procure and extend
But lacking any fairer vision
Foremost will he simply "pretend".

Same beauty blooms under shelter there
Too profits from--may well have need
Of haven formed, symbiotic pair
To render her due veracity.

If friend to friend each other ne'er heed,
So neither becomes ever full indeed.
T. Emerson