My Mistress

By David Taehee Lee

The first time I met your eyes

My heart skipped a beat

For such majestic beauty, those pearls

Caught up in mystic heat

But troubled I am in afoul

For know not thy intention

And hate to hurt innocent a soul

Pure a crystal, noble a scion

And poor and ignoble my birth

Dare not tamper thy high and pure

Cruel world forbidden my mirth

Clash of white and the ordure

But star of miracle shall I awake

And transcended love shall I make.

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