Faded Feelings

Bricks of pain heaved on feeble frame Hell’s ring tone in fragile ears Exits incomparable in life’s little memory A goddess gone, the pillar of a heart’s strength. Lured above reason by fables, By mean mortals of and kings of calumny “They said, and the tattlers said” to the end of a structure so rare. This trust is tested, As hope crumbles Among dark rumors by strange marauders, A heart nurtured for stranger’s gains An Oprah’s regret found in Ruth. All entreaties as weak words they fall, And so must I let the bird fly to her nest, Into hideouts carved by her lust and greed, Seeking a heaven in hell’s lies. A foretelling powers of bygone times Pronounced this exit by lightning's speed. Goodbye to true parleys of the heart, An End to the dream by imputed fables. A shaking of wind, a tossing of sea A tornado of earth’s fires A true test of oaths and love Goodbye to what men call love. now and forever know. Eros is a stranger to agape