There he stood sorry as an awakened-from dream
With roses and cards and the exhausted routine
"Again?" whispered intelligence
"One last time" coaxed persistence
I know his honeyed words
And 'I love you's
Are like the tide and the sandcastle
He was the earth and I was the vassal
And yet I yearn
For that one little U-turn
He cups my face
"Your eyes hold the stars"
"Scars" I whisper
As overwhelmed as The Faith's new Sister
He looked like a boy king dethroned
His breath-Death's cologne
I couldn't go on
Never again
The disquietude
And the solitude of a sinking ship's captain
Not again
I barely feel the belt
I create an intricate colourful excuse
"The knight is hidden"
The path is lost
But hope is not
If she can change him, so can I
The sorries appear with practised ease
The 'I mean it' is as effective as my 'please'
The hug feels like fire
Our tears criss-cross like the stories of a liar
All is fair in love and war
"True love is not only in folklore
They just left the black out of the rainbow
The knight will come on the morrow"
There he stood sorry as an awakened-from dream
With roses and cards and the exhausted routine
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