I Loved You As Man Was Meant To Love

I loved you as man was meant to love

Selfless, quiet, as few have said

Three simple words,

And meant them

As I did when they fell

Letter by letter

From trembling lips

To meet the cold stone

Which encased your heart.

 

Each shattered, a thousand splinters,

The O rolled and burst

The U toppled with the I and the rest

Ricocheting back from whence they came

Sharp and piercing

Their barbed points digging

With flaming points into flesh

While silent screams

Echoed loudly in empty halls.

 

Bleeding, not a drop, but a torrent

All at once

No single bead, but hundreds

Till bathed in red

I stood before you

Pleading

In my hands the last thread of my life

Offering them, freely

Still you did not realize,

I loved you. 

Author's Note

My idea of what Catherine of Aragon's thoughts might have been during her divorce from Henry VIII. She is often overlooked by history as the first of six wives of a misfortunate king. She was, in fact, a highly intelligent, well educated, loving woman, who did her best by Henry, despite numerous miscarriages and his infidelities. Little realized also is the fact that she was the youngest daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, the same who backed Columbus.

Reviews

[Elaenor Aisling]

You brought me into other times, with this excellent piece of poetry.
You captured the perfect inbalance, and elusiveness love can bring in life.
The lines each are purely from the soul, and you've a great imaginative insight,
to move yourself into another personality. Thank you for this pearl.

E.L.

[Elaenor Aisling]

Thanks so much!

It was a true pleasure my lady

[Alexandria Reece]

This is wonderful, it seems Catherine lent you her passion and you ran with it. I feel you did her great justice in your words, this was pleasant to read with a gruesome hopeless feel to it, excellent.

[Elaenor Aisling]

Thank you so much! :)