Impossible Love

I cringe to see your delicious tears trickle thus And your emotions foul as our ties get worse, I wish we both lived in some idyllic utopian land Where things obeyed the whip of some magic wand. There, I would not hold a grudge against my only love; For there the egotism and imprudence that shove Our affections to make room for hate do not tread, And the strings of binding care flourish in their stead. Which place would keep in friendship two souls so fond? The frosty chill of the earth would not save such a bond For it’s fraught with hesitation and such suspicious doubt That uproots the fledgling shoots of love before they sprout. Which imaginary land would host our love’s endangered day And defend it against its impending fast-approaching decay? I’m convinced that there’s not a place among the planets nine That can ever tame wild restless hearts such as yours and mine.