Advice From a Broken Heart

Lady Elayne was in love with John Kretue And she whispered this softly to the mirror in her room The face in the mirror watched pale Elayne’s face blush- For that was the first time she had let her heart speak such, Lady Elayne allowed her heart to speak In the stillness of her room in a lonely tower’s peak And her heart spoke and sang the word’s it had longed to say But she quieted it sternly when night turned to day Lady Elayne slid the mask on her face Of a laugh and a smile and her indifferent grace So to hide the truth form John as today He was leaving for his home by the sea far away Lady Elayne glided down the tower stair And met John Kretue who had been waiting there With mask clasped tightly she bid him farewell For the Truth she felt was too dangerous to tell So that day John and her joy rode off to the sea And left Elayne in her garden longing eternally Everyday she wakes with a sigh from her heart For the truth would have saved her from these years apart And she is writing this to you-oh fearful of heart Share your love- for it may soon depart And all the courage it takes to speak will be worth The years not alone-as I, Elayne-have spent on this earth.