The Five Stages Of Unrequited Love; 3. Bargaining
I would do anything for love, for he,
The one who tortures my eyeline with she,
Damned fiend, can she not leave and let him be?
I would trade my life's work to be happy.
I would give all the bright stars in the sky,
I would believe if requitement was nigh,
I would devote myself charity,
Even, with him, settle for chastity;
I ask, why do the heavens hate me so?
I would repay all to the gods that I owe,
And grateful for his love, sink to my knees -
All this, gods, if my cries are answered, please.
And then I realise it is not enough,
For heavens cannot make him hate or love.
The one who tortures my eyeline with she,
Damned fiend, can she not leave and let him be?
I would trade my life's work to be happy.
I would give all the bright stars in the sky,
I would believe if requitement was nigh,
I would devote myself charity,
Even, with him, settle for chastity;
I ask, why do the heavens hate me so?
I would repay all to the gods that I owe,
And grateful for his love, sink to my knees -
All this, gods, if my cries are answered, please.
And then I realise it is not enough,
For heavens cannot make him hate or love.