Oh Lady Fair of Brokenness
10-13-07

Oh lady fair of brokenness, Eyes glistening like a light, Your skin is white as falling snow Your hair is dark as night. Oh lady fair of brokenness, Your beauty does amaze. It’s lovely as a blushing bride Though your foot is in your grave. Oh lady fair, my lady dear, Such locks as on your heart Belong nowhere near you so fair Near you so bright and dark. Oh lady fair, your mystery Is deeper than the seas. Unfathomable, incalculable, Beyond my darkest dreams. But lady, know your grace and charm Are naught but a charade; With them you try to cover up The fact you were betrayed. Lady, you make it look easy To ignore your hurt and shame But I know you’ve not overcome it yet I know you still feel the same. Oh lady fair, your eyes betray The scarring of your soul And though outside you’re young as yet Within you’re withered and old. Oh lady, dying, broken, beat, What man did this to you? Who hated and abandoned you? Who could have been so cruel? Lady, wish I that you be mine Despite your sorrow and your fear! Could you believe in love, could you Believe I hold you dear? Oh lady fair of brokenness, Why won’t you let me in? Abandoned, must you always believe That believing is a sin? Oh lady fair of brokenness, I wish that you would see That long as you cling to your pain You never can be free.

                       The idea was simple, really. Some people are beautiful on the outside, but dying within. Some people who you think have everything perfect are really broken. For this man speaking to his lady, love is not an emotion. Love is a choice, a challenge, an act. He wants to heal her because he loves her. She won't let him because she's been too hurt to believe in love anymore.

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