Love's Great Burden

I wear my cross on my hand
encircling my finger, this cursed band
of polished metal and sparkling stone
my burden to bear and mine alone

Given to me with honest intent
to love the giver without relent
but this gift I now resent
and its meaning so lament.

Sadness the child of fear unnamed
fear of living with a heart contained
Such fear accompanies shame
and I alone bear the blame.

To lose the ring, to break the bond
and all the things which correspond
To know his token I no longer wear
that is a cross I cannot bear.

.:~o*'Kaylyn'*o~:.