Between My Silent Sobs and Cries

Between My Silent Sobs and Cries

Taken
From me
The soul I vowed to keep

Now
Sad perfidy
From the man with whom I sleep.

And he rails, he rails
Against me
And
Against me:
But I vowed to love and keep him;
And I meant it sincerely.

This man
I married
When the blossoms were blowing sweet
Has scooped up all the bugs and dirt
From the fallen autumn leaves
And guards the scum upon them
So jealous,
Jealousy.

And I am terrified of a winter
Of some snow piled crisp and deep
In such a blinding whiteness
I could lose what I would keep.

Lover, oh Lover
You're missing the verdant spring
And I know there's still a soul in you
As ever there has been—

But you walk now like a leper
Like a ghost that took your eyes
I wait beside your sepulcher
As each kind and sweet bit dies—

You rail, you rail
But I will not compromise:
I vowed to you and so vowed true
To your ghost, til my demise—

And you will know my love for you--
Between my silent sobs and cries.