Ultimatum



With love my mind
Is very narrow.
I've been hit
With Cupid's arrow.

Hope deferred
Makes the heart sick,
But a longing fulfilled
Might do the trick.

She would be
My tree of life
If she just
Would be my wife.

I'd treat her well,
Best as I could.
I'd attempt perfection,
As I know I should.

Her wish would be
A command to me.
Enslaved by her
I would be free.

Until the time comes,
I will burn.
It's not easy.
That's what I learn.

Tolerating the passing of time,
A challenge in its own.
A deep depression in my soul
Has been tightly sewn.

I don't live
But merely exist.
Chances with her
I feel I've missed.

Regret tastes so bitter
On my tongue.
Curtains of sorrow
In my mind have been hung.

Hanging next
Could be my neck.
Without her
I'm such a wreck.

Ask of the Lord
And you will be given.
Then why lacking her
Am I still living?

Her love or my death
Is what I desire.
Life without her
Is hell burning fire.



Written in 1997
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