Please be Gentle

So please be gentle; please be kind,
I have suffered for my art (of which need not be defined).

Any more pain; any more betrayel,
Shall leave me cold, weak and frail.

And without the loving embrace,
Of that nurtured faith:
Alone and wanting shall be my fate.

So please be gentle; please be kind,
Or I shall suffer for my art (of which need not be defined).