Alone she sat,
And as I gazed my breast was torn
With longing and desire.

And in my madness to possess this dream,
Heading not the whispering trees,
The mumbled warning of the watchful stream,
I rushed, with arms outstretched to seize
And clasp in selfish love.

Alas, The sudden frenzy that disturbs the mind,
Destroys the caution, and we are blind
And see no more the danger that is near.

Forgotten was the cruel hare that passed,
And I unborn.
Forgotten too the fatal hand by which
This slender back was torn.

So short the time - A peaceful silence fills the air.
A shriek. The vision flees, And I alone am there.

G.A.W.