Dear Friend,

Firstly, I apologize for the formatting on this poem. I've tried to align it correctly several times, but it always reverses to the condition you see now. Secondly, this is my first poem uploaded on fictionpress (I believe it's about the 206 I've written, but who's counting, really?), and I would appreciate contstructive criticism. Thank you so much for checking it out.

Bitter Irony

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The first time that I saw your face

I felt the promise of love divine

The first time you took me in your embrace

I felt that Heaven could all be mine

And on that day we chanced to meet

The thrill I felt alone surpassed

The echoed words in my heartbeat

When they warned, this too shall pass

And when our love, surpassed by none,

Came first in both our hectic lives

The thought that you were my only one

From other thoughts my attention deprived

And on that day we found our love

That love we felt alone surpassed

Words, all too reminiscent of,

My heart’s warning, this too shall pass

And oh, how soon those words came true!

A night would come that knew no end

Unless it were the end of you,

My life, my love, my everything, my friend!

And on that day we said goodbye

The pain I felt alone surpassed

With tear and heavy-hearted sigh

My heart’s comfort, this too shall pass

And now I find myself alone

With only memory to embrace

My heart within me turns to stone

And tries those memories to erase

And I rue the day we chanced to meet

I rue the cold that would surpass

The echoed lies in my heartbeat

That try to say, this too shall pass