trickle,
trickle, on my cheek
it's raining out today
the hue of life is very bleak
my heart cold granite grey
tears are
falling, mournful cry
they're filling up my soul
life alone, my love unspent
impassioned swain my role
day is
breaking, funeral dirge
each beam, a chorus sung
days are spent in stark repose
sweet dreams are all undone
no more
to roam, I'll hide away
harsh destiny for me
words of love, forever more
upon the page, no key
beating,
beating, in my heart
must it ever be just so
that I shall live a life reproved
true love, I'll never know?
ticking,
tocking, on the shelf
my days like grains of sand
spent like words upon the wind
my past a reprimand
but oh,
what ho, but to have loved
and tasted honeyed lips
passion's rose come blossoming
found in night's cloying kiss
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