rift

Through days and years of joyous youth gone past,
I've never felt such strong love for a dame.
And now I know what passion is at last,
Only for you does my heart burst aflame.
A single place in your fray'd mind I crave,
My love I hope you'll graciously accept,
Each hint of your affection I will save,
Pray tell, what so close to thine chest is kept.
Forever I've waited -- or so it seems,
Arrested long by your seduction sweet,
For time in mine eyes oft doth slow its stream.
But in my trance, I stumble o'er my feet--
For all that fall shall fracture and shatter,
And all that burn shall die with one spatter.