Innocence Lost

She said unto him:"You are like the cloud in my clear sky, there only to add to my blue".
But he answered, "But my heart is aflame and my soul is oppressed",
She cried
He sighed
"You poisonous dagger, you loathsome viper, I love thee", she entreated
He only said "But I cannot"
She wept
He knelt





.......to be continued