Chapter II

DEAR ELOISE, 

A mournful wish, 

a widower even after his marriage. 

For your eyes long for love but not for me

I sometimes find you smiling in your sleep

What a disgrace, what a waste

Being aware that I hold no part in it

feelings of sallow, a tree so hollow

Even my fires don't burn in your furnace. 

Yes, her name was Darlene

an old lover, the one and only

and she didn't just clean the quarters, 

She cleansed my soul, she cleansed me. 

but impurities, is what I am filled with now

cause you wouldn't understand what forbidden love means

A spirited ghost, a clear coast

Is what you look for, as I pretend to be asleep 

Lighting candles when darkness falls

when the house we built is already burnt

Bruises and wounds, did I force myself again on you? 

must have thought you were her in my reverie. 

Young and patient you are Eloise 

Just like she used to be

Is she mad at me? 

Looking down on me? 

cause she's an angel now 

why wouldn't she be

She had the purest of the hearts 

And I had given away mine the day she stopped 

breathing, they call me fortunate, a king who married the young princess. 

When I just wanted her, a knight with his muse, his Darlene

And you? You're just the side note of what could have been the greatest love story. 

To the seas and beyond, 

Forever Darlene's; husband to Eloise, 

Everett