Rondo

Though I
have not been long
on this Earth,
I can say,
to a large degree
of certainty,
and unabashed humility,
that I truly
did not know
what love was
until I looked
deep
into the shadow
within ourselves
and knew
what love was not.
Should they ask of me,
and they will,
tell them
that I burned
hotter than any sun
for you,
and that you
left me cold.

~LT