Way I feel for you
Purple in rare mountain sky
Peak of lilacs bloom

Time leaves you ragged
rotten and rusted
beleaguered and busted.

Ten words to capture you
Ten words little to read

Ten words to express feelings
Ten words to break hearts

Ten words not so easy
Ten words carry heavy weights

Ten words lay me down
Ten words express my life

Ten words in a stanza
Not enough words in life

Love is a concept
known to be red in hue;
an idea which fully maturated
when I bled for you.