it's good to be back
The Enchantment - Thomas Otway (1652-1685)
I did but look and love awhile,
'Twas but for one half-hour;
Then to resist I had no will,
And now I have no power.
To sigh and wish is all my ease;
Sighs which do heat impart
Enough to melt the coldest ice,
Yet cannot warm your heart.
O would your pity give my heart
One corner of your breast,
'Twould learn of yours the winning art,
And quickly steal the rest.
Thanks for the welcoming comments everyone. As I have had to confront the reality that I'm losing out in the love triangle, I think this was the right time for me to make a return. An LJ just isn't an LJ without some lovelorn poetry and self-indulgent moping. ;)
It's really quite the double whammy since the guy in question was SUCH a good friend to me. We're not talking at all right now--not because either of us are angry, but simply because we both recognize that it would be painful for me to keep nurturing any sort of attachment to him if he's going to end up with this other girl (and he seems fairly confident that this is The One for him).
And yet, and yet...a part of me wants to crawl back and tell him: no, really, I still want to be friends despite knowing that he has decided to pursue another woman...even if I have to listen to his inevitable references to her with gritted teeth. We had such a special bond and could talk about so many things, that I'm afraid to let it go completely even if it wasn't capable of becoming everything I wanted it to be.
I did but look and love awhile,
'Twas but for one half-hour;
Then to resist I had no will,
And now I have no power.
To sigh and wish is all my ease;
Sighs which do heat impart
Enough to melt the coldest ice,
Yet cannot warm your heart.
O would your pity give my heart
One corner of your breast,
'Twould learn of yours the winning art,
And quickly steal the rest.
Thanks for the welcoming comments everyone. As I have had to confront the reality that I'm losing out in the love triangle, I think this was the right time for me to make a return. An LJ just isn't an LJ without some lovelorn poetry and self-indulgent moping. ;)
It's really quite the double whammy since the guy in question was SUCH a good friend to me. We're not talking at all right now--not because either of us are angry, but simply because we both recognize that it would be painful for me to keep nurturing any sort of attachment to him if he's going to end up with this other girl (and he seems fairly confident that this is The One for him).
And yet, and yet...a part of me wants to crawl back and tell him: no, really, I still want to be friends despite knowing that he has decided to pursue another woman...even if I have to listen to his inevitable references to her with gritted teeth. We had such a special bond and could talk about so many things, that I'm afraid to let it go completely even if it wasn't capable of becoming everything I wanted it to be.