Requited Love

Love is unconditional, but promises are not When love is not requited such are promises, forgot Vows deferred as if uncertain sounds of rhetoric Seems times and seasons, rhymes and reasons were only shtick Yet the desire deferred only proves a heart to be sick A mind that is fainting in a soul that's lunatic Losing hope of the joy set before in the beginning Manifest language and deeds that touch with sinning A sane man is now a man of Gadarenes dinning A bewildered woman fearful, pressured, and chinning Left him, reverse double standards, giving little For blind love, great trust, a fool with no requital Forgiving but not forgetting there's no aquittal Once he understood, now she will just belittle Whittle by whittle mind and heart, no longer hoodwink Love, awry, uncovers overlooked faults and sins we prink Forethink, count the full cost without haste, do not jink Humiliation, love demanded's no love, doublethink When promises are kept, human love wants its lot For promises are conditional, but true love is not