The pain in the heart

is heavy with saddness at the rejection

that was received.

For he have tasted the fruits of the heavens

and found them turning to ashes in the mouth.

He has given her his love

to find it spurned.

He now bears the heavy chain of that loss around the neck

that threatens to drown him in the sea of life.

The loss of joy may yet turn the heart to stone

for he was thrown aside for the love of another.

Why do I bear it so he thinks.

Hope

Hope that someday she may see

the heart of ice is really the heart of gold.

That he endures the coldness

of her ways knowing they are her shield.

For he know the path was fraught with peril

bearing the scars of loves bladed edge

as a badge of courage and patience.

For her he will bear all.

And expects nothing in return.

For her he bears all.