How can one gift their love?
A jewel beyond any measure,
Warming my heart, just like the sun.

Then without warning,
It starts slowly shattering,
Sharp shards dig in my hands.

I watch my skin tattering, flaying,
As the cracks splinter and expand,
Once so beautiful, now only hurts.

Its jagged edges reopen old scars,
Yet still I cling though it tears me apart,
My broken heart wrapped around shining shards,
As the red dyes the roses beneath.

I know I may not survive, but cannot leave.

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Valnuary, in the year 1001 AF.