Edit 7: Reflections in St. Augustine

[ritwiksadhu33]

Enjoyed reading this. Here are some thoughts.

Romanticism, Abandoned
 
Time bends, deceiving promises  strange use of deceiving. I read it as "time itself deceive promises", in which case it is an odd choice. Maybe you want to preserve the ambiguity. It works well.
made when we were headlong and young,  
as elusive light pools to lost and thin men. 
What major will teach me how to siphon  
water from light?  I really like this sentence.
 
Within its rippling reflections, I recall 
your face, glowing alongside another's; 
you had found someone else. I wander 
in the timeless shadow of the Notre-Dame, cast 
by nameless ghosts, a wayfarer far from home. 
Beautiful stanza. Very Neruda-esque, can't suggest any changes.
 
Now I am almost as old as my parents 
when they surrendered moonlit flings 
to the garret's cobwebs and dust, to wipe 
tears that streamed over scraped knees. Nice imagery. I couldn't completely fit in the last part though. Suggested a foetal position, but why scraped knees?
 
It is time the painter has learned  
practicality when he does not have  
the grey of truth to dip his brush in.
Nice ending, if a bit prosaic. Might try deleting some words that feel extra to you (if any)

Original: Romanticism, Abandoned
 
Time bends and deceives promises  
made when we were headlong and young,  
as light's elusive pools to lost and thin men. 
What major will teach me how to siphon  
water from light?  
 
Within its rippling reflections, I conjure 
your face, glowing alongside another's; 
you have found someone else. I wander 
in the timeless shadow of the Notre-Dame, cast 
by nameless ghosts, a wayfarer far from home. 
 
Now I'm almost as old as my parents 
when they surrendered moonlit flings 
to the garret's cobwebs and dust, to wipe 
tears that streamed over scraped knees. 
 
It is time the painter has learned  
practicality when he does not have  
the grey of truth to dip his brush in.

I apologize if there's any confusions in the name changes. I'm trying to find a fitting one.
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