Written in March 2006 and edited a little in April 2013.
Now I lay me down to sleep -
But I no longer pray. This pain is too deep.
Eternal devotion was too much to swear
And I could not last one more year.
I tire of your chains for they choke me to death.
If I kill you, love, I recover my breath.
And if I should fail, if you should awaken,
Still I shall be free - and you are forsaken.
This 'guard of thy chamber' shall watch you no more.
I love you no longer - of that I am sure.
From this wretched day hence, may I never again
Either search for your face or seek out your name.
But know that I loved you above all others
And it breaks my heart that I must now smother
The love of my life! - but the morning is near.
Kiss your pillow and die, my dear.
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