I really like this. Wish I could hear it put to music. It gives me a "Hallelujah"/"American Pie" kind of feel.

"Rhetoric," "rhymes," and "Plato" are good because they're word-related. It's a really nice touch. I might suggest adding more. (: Like, maybe an "adage" "axiom" or "parable"? Other word-related things.

I love the line "I was there the day passion died," but the next line "burns down to only compassion" A, doesn't make sense sentence-wise, but B, I feel like it's not saying what you want it to. Here would be a good place to use one of my suggested word-related words, or one of your own. It could burn down to a parable, or a myth, or an adage, you know?

Very nice repetition. I don't like it in poetry, but I know that it can make or break a song.

~Effervescent-Sentiments

Beautiful. You know there is a song called more than words by the band extreme.

I can't begin to express the beauty of this moment
I can't begin to express the beauty of you
and for once, not expressing it, is ok.
Let me stay here.

I really love it it speaks to me and i think it would be a great song to the right music. Well done.