My dear, how can I say I know no pain 

When all this while, I've taken tears in stride.

This forbidden love, how long can I hide?

Depressions, these eyes are. No more can  I  feign.
 

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Sigh!  These mirrors mock me - my youth is in vain!

Hollow my body like a ravine wide

And this breath in my chest, trapped caged bird inside. 

These tears, rivers running down into the sea, drain.
 

What token can my pained heart dare demand?

I live a shattered dream; my whispers lost

In eddies of whims flowing to no land.

Sighs muffled, unheard, come at a great cost.

Inky fingers of clandestine dreams grand

Fade every summer’s day like winter’s frost.