chosen to chant, from a moment frozen in time
words written closely to the pyramid of song
that sung, cascaded from the far mountain top
echoed in the valley, a woeful lyrical sound

that pretense of a lover when exposed, a lie
perhaps the time a well felt truth of his, once
betrayal on the other side of the mask of love
hidden carefully as if precious, worthy of care

feelings of loss, lost on the pathway to the top
of a precipice, fallen on the jagged rocks of truth
encompass, fold over the light that did shine
from a smile that came from the heart, grew

those who saw, felt the joy of such happiness
shared in the moments, hours of that love
spoke of the many reasons for keeping, joy
built on, around, an instability, lie, unseen

hidden a tiny seed of doubt sprouted upward
turned to bittersweet, sadness, dejection, loss
drooped with the unforeseen, the inevitable
of the twist of fate that tore him away, it ended