None Shall Love You,........As I: Scorn if you will, this broken heart; Mock my embitterment if you dare; Tempt others with your longing glance, But none shall love you, nor see you so fair; As I. Be damned in all your high designs; Be loved: For only I can cherish, Those fondest memories, those dearest dreams; While others shall judge your every blemish; I shall not. Laugh as you will, I'll not forsake you; Your every breath and smile, I do adore: Though light denies me of your heart - The reverse is truest, more and more; And I, No longer spiteful of my needs, Await your wish throughout this night; I long for dawn, to be reborn; To bathe in bliss in your sunlight. *Footnote: This poem was the result of a fascination with the Metaphysical poets.....especially John Donne |