'I love her'

he cried

'I need her'

HE answered

'Would you let her go?

'Would you let her choose?'

his tears ran deep

HIS scars ran deeper

his eyes gazed at her

HIS eyes bled for her

'Don't waste your life,'

he pleaded

'Don't be the cause of his death'

HE spat

'My dear one,'

She whispered to him

'My fallen idol,'

She wept for HIM

'Why must I choose?'

'Don't let HIM win,'

he shouted

'You cannot win,'

HE muttered

'You lied to me,'

She screamed at HIM

'I love you,'

She mouthed to him

'Make your choice!'

HE yelled

'What shall I choose?'

She whispered

'God help me…'

And so She gave HIM

The one thing HE'd never known

love

'Leave me,'

HE sighed

'Take him and fly'

HE cried

So She left with him

Away from HIM

And HE wept

Tears down that face

Uttering Her name

Over and over

'Christine…'