To Set Steel To My Heartbroken Resolve

To Set Steel To My Heartbroken Resolve With spirit damaged, I did what I must to set steel to my heartbroken resolve, thereby preventing metal in my blood from eroding and turning into rust With heart cut that deep, no true hope remained to set steel to my heartbroken resolve, keep desirous memory from fading this sad ole soul, I have forever stained Loving dreams crushed, I fell into despair to set steel to my heartbroken resolve, hold memories just as long as I can cherish images of your smile and dark hair Now Time has diminished my great resolve so die I must, to finally evolve Robert J. Lindley, 10-01-2016 Poem Syllable Counter Results Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 Total # Syllables: 140 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A Total # Words: 100 Note- I hope the reader may enjoy and find something of value in this poem , written about a very sad ending to a most romantic time in my young life. Written to hold fast a memory although quite sad still a very cherished one, about a lost love from many decades past . A beautiful lady that was just as wild, as I once was myself. Dedicated to her memory as she passed away in 2001, almost three decades after our time together ended....