A/N Just a short GoldenQueen Poem I wrote. It's Regina's thoughts when Rumple falls for Belle.

~()~

Never have I felt feelings such as these

My poor heart aches in my chest

I'd rather die than feel this pain

So I will reach in and my heart I shall wrest

~()~

Free from the reminder with every beat

That his love would never belong to me

That his heart would never love what I am

That he and I truly could never be

~()~

He loves another that much is true

She's sweet and kind and pure

She is everything I could never be

Of that much I am sure

~()~

I'll let him go without a struggle

I'm quite used to loss and pain

And my dear with a hard and iron fist

This kingdom I will rein

~()~

Never again will I love a man

I swear on my father's grave

I'll do my duties as the queen

Stand tall and strong and brave

~()~

I'll try to forget who I once was

That I was a woman who fell in love

With a creature so sly and cunning

Who now has a woman, gentle as a dove

~()~

Death, pain, anguish, agony

I wish upon him all these for what I lost

I'll have to inflict them myself

No matter what the cost