I promised your love
an offering to myself
which you said was true
I feasted my soul
on that loving foundation
safe against tremors
Secure in my gift
I felt no fear in your doubt
I saw only security
And so I built on
extending towers of self
with us at their core
And as the earth shook
I refused to see downfall
tied to falling spires
Though the rocks did shake
stones fell, towers collapsed
I sat still, serene
That love, once gifted
still held, immovable
for you could not lie
Even as limbs broke
and as dust obscured sight
I swore I could see
As collapse echoed
and silence fell on my mind
I swore I could hear
As rocks scoured skin
and my nerves became numb
I swore I could feel
And only once dead
lost in the rubble of life
did I know the truth
I was forgotten
with your love you had long fled
leaving an empty heart
My foundation decayed
my tower a fool’s triumph
a folly to love
So with fading time
I found only my own self
muted and destroyed
But even by then
I took nothing back from you
for my love is yours
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