Oh joyous glance of once romance

Oh joyous glance of once romance
Thine eyes did dance awhile
Yet here beguile of once
No more

Now do abhor
That once had been
This jaded hope
Hath come and gone

As poison fills the veins
Thine eyes doth pierce
And boil the blood

Of once thought love
Where now art thou
Must scarce admire
For fear desire

Should draw us in
Yet ne'er again
Canst bear the shame
That without name

Doth blacken hearts
And chill the bone
Till once more are we
Alone

No more shall we
Drink deep of thee
Thy cup too full
Duplicity

So to the depths
Of darkness deep
Where to our souls
Do long to creep

When ere the sun
Hath set
Embrace the night
Its cool delight

-Joshua Lee Foist