You said we were forever,
Fie on me for believing you,
At your behest I opened the door
Welcomed you to my heart's embrace
Bared to you my naked soul, singed
Myself round thy passion's hearth,
Only for you to use and throw
To break and out the window
Pierce me with its shards
Only just as numerous, as vile as
Your jabs for tis me that bleeds from
Yet another thorn off the red rose of
Love that is you, even if you don't mean to,
Strangled by my own diffident thoughts.
