QUOTE : Love, he has abandoned me,<br />do with me as you will.<br />Love, he left - unceremoniously,<br />why must I love him still?<br /><br />The best of me I gave to him -<br />the years, the days, the hours.<br />Precious little, in turn he'd given,<br />like dew to a wilting flower.<br /><br />Love, he sheared away tenderly,<br />my beauty, my strength, my mind,<br />the gifts that were bestowed to me -<br />were swallowed in his pride.<br /><br />Love, has he forgotten me?<br />Please tell me what you've heard,<br />I guard his memory jealously -<br />with him I'd place my worth.