A Sonnet - Embracing Despair

A Sonnet Embracing Despair.

I embraced you when you looked at me

with eyes that silently spoke of wrong

for I was the offering you could clearly see

as you bowed your head with wounded song.

You drew me to your place of pain

and let me touch your bleeding wound

your tears they fell like silent rain

as I gathered you to my secret womb.

Where all was safe, and snug and warm

a place you grew and learnt to smile

until you turned and left me torn

holding despair for quite a while.

Love given freely is an offering

interwoven with much suffering.