Relinquished love br Severed and snuffed br From the indifference of a laughing lover br This thief of intimacy and passion br Stabs my heart br Wounding me deeply br br Elsewhere br br A single blood red drop br From a fragile aorta br Rolls down a white feathered breast br Of a dead wingless dove br Gripped in the hands of an innocent childbr br Simone Inez Harrimanbr br