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Love's Retreat

© 2009 Jeffrey E. McCaskill. All Rights Reserved.

Heard a whisper
From above
"Won't you venture,
Her, to love?"

Noble mission
Sight unseen
Kind intentions
Soul feels clean.

Dared to love you
Heart made glad
What is this--
I've made you sad.

Words ensnare me
Can't defend
Words, they bring us
To an end.

Soul in danger
Mind gone numb
Pain so pure
I've come undone.

Crush of spirit
Bone on brick
Count your losses
In too thick.

Body aching
Heart afire
Watch me wallow
In the mire.

Love, once welcomed,
Now is spurned
Love, sent packing,
Can't return.

Love runs off
With Joy and Trust
Another romance
Ground to dust.
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