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First off, I just picked this piece up on a whim and I don't know what the context is, or if it's part of anything. So, with that said, I think musically it's very nice. But what turns me off are certain motives in the voice part, which kind of, dunno, seem weird in contrast to the piano figures.
I think, actually, the best part is the piano even if it repeats the same model over and over, it's a really nice catchy thing it repeats.
As for the text and how it relates to the music, I'm not sure if you really gave much thought to the piano part beyond "run through" accompaniment, the piano doesn't seem to take anything from the voice, and the voice never seems to care what happens with the piano.
I mean, I can tell your harmony has to do with the text and I think it fits rather nice though it has a quasi-musical air to it. But, I don't know, I think more can be done with the piano/voice than what you did. Despite that, I really like a bunch of parts, it's got a nice sound to it.
Another thing is a technical deal with the voice. This seems like it's written for Mezzo, which is all fine but I'm not really sure about that measure with the G, it's not that well prepared and I'm thinking that at that speed you'll not get a really nice sound out of that G unless you get a really good singer to prepare it plenty well.
Otherwise, there's a bunch of jumps which are all doable but I get this feeling that you wrote the voice as if it were an instrument rather than writing something that fits comfortably or is more idiomatic for voice. I mean, it's just an impression I get.
However, I think the text fits well with the voice part. Also, maybe you thought it out that way, but I would have probably written slurs to help organize the phrasing even if it's somewhat implied by the text, it never hurts to write it more explicitly.
Overall, I like it, it sounds nice, but I'd check to see how some of the details I mentioned work out in practice.
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