Unrequited
Lovely in your icy shine
Perfect like a breath of snow,
Your frosty face and loveliness,
How can he love you so?
Why does he love your winter smile?
And not my summer shine?
What do you have that holds him so?
And stops him being mine,
I hate you and your loveliness,
Your shining, shunning eyes,
Which dart and switch, you perfect witch,
In your place I despise,
Is it your graceful careless eyes?
All perfect in the frozen sheen,
Or maybe it's your peerless skin?
Which shames the moonlight it its glean,
I hate the way you laugh and smile,
So perfect, preened and proud,
I hate they love you so,
The king and all his crowd,
I hate the way my heartbeat pounds,
When you show your silver smile,
How it darts behind my hatred so,
And fills me with its guile,
Do you see how your grace and poise,
Send shivers to my jealous soul,
Your soul, I know is gracious white,
Next to my darkened coal,
Whenever you hand just brushes mine,
My heart will stop, my skin will chill,
To know that one so lovely was near,
But know this, you never will,
But darling dear, when you are near,
My eyes will smile and shine,
My hatred hides behind my smile,
And his is glad he is not mine,
Lovely in icy shine,
Perfect like a breath of snow,
Your frosty face so filled with grace,
Why do I love you so?