'Twas Ever Thus
Engraved in galleries graced with daisies,
Depths of thy phantom has me still as blue.
Thou asked why somber, caged in fantasies.
I replied, ‘tis how I chose to love you.
Chose to see your crevices’ mystery,
They are now peace to my untamed madness.
Greatest escape from cuts and misery;
‘Tis your smile that’s my forever highness.
But burnt silence now have my shattered worth.
Words of self-wrath to losing you was heard.
Retracing weakened steps with hopes for mirth,
To profess an eight-letter word was blurred.
For now, ‘tis a lifetime I sacrifice,
I’ll love you better in God’s Paradise.
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