Depart, my love, and leave me here alone;
I’ve had enough of you to last an age.
Far be it for my life’s blood to bemoan
some harsh past ending that bestirred my rage,
to hold out misdirected scenes – past now –
and mete out judgement for no better end.
This time, this here, I give myself this vow,
to save my strength, strive less from where I tend.
You know the darkness has some secrets left,
but still the answers aren’t disclosed this time;
yet leave me darkened as I am bereft
and I shall serve some purpose in this rhyme.
If love had naught of hooks to pull along,
there’d be more ease in finding love was wrong.