Eclipsed Hearts

By Imran Ahmed They Were Promised Since Childhood Days Two Silent Souls In Tender Gaze Eyes Would Meet A Shy Delight Smiles Exchanged In Golden Light He So Quiet Lost In Books Dreaming Of Love In Stolen Looks She A Beauty Soft And Bright A Blooming Rose In Morning Light But Time Was Cruel It Changed Her Heart She Sought New Dreams They Grew Apart She Left Behind His Love So Pure And Walked A Path Of Gold And Lure He Let The World Slip Through His Hands Abandoned Books Forsook His Plans A Shadow In A Lonesome Room Wrapped In Silence Bathed In Gloom She Crossed The Seas Her Vows Anew With Riches Vast A Life She Drew He Stayed Behind With Weary Eyes Lost In Dreams Beneath The Skies A Beard Grew Long His Lips Still Smiled Yet Sorrow Burned So Dark So Wild He Lived On Whispers Memories Cold A Love That Never Could Grow Old One Fateful Day She Came Once More To Find Him Lost His Soul So Sore With Trembling Hands He Bid Goodbye A Final Breath A Whispered Sigh She Wept She Screamed Her Heart Undone The Weight Too Great Her Life Was Spun Beside His Form She Found Her Rest Her Hand In His Her Final Breath Two Hearts That Fate Had Torn Apart Now Beat As One In Death’s Embrace.