Once many years ago my heart was captured,
A beautiful soul's light was shared,
my world sublimely fractured,

My joy was instant my life enlightened,
Opening like a rare flower,
refusing to be frightened.

Life's journey is sometimes serendipitous,
Its twists and turns lead to the spiral gate within the mists,
What seems real may disappear,
The sounds of your own tears revealed
only to your own ears.

I too was sadly deceived,
The veil lifted and reality bore its own cruel seed.

Your love was fleeting,
your soul untrue,
I grieve what we shared,
my world split in two.

Time may heal, but minds don't forget,
What once was joy,
now only remains as regret.