A/N: This poem is Spock's thoughts after the episode "This Side of Paradise"

Paradise Lost

As I ponder, I realize the bliss

That I have truly come to miss

I know it was empty, I know it was vain

But it was happiness all the same

The first time my heart swelled

For with happiness it was filled

"At last I can love openly!"

But my story did not end happily

The one who has received my love

She is pure and delicate as a dove

But I cannot love her anymore

I must turn away, shut, and lock the door

Yet once in a while, I gaze on that key

And remember once I was happy

I remember that flower

With it's wonderful power

I shall think on it no more

Never think of that wonderful, beautiful door