<p class="ql-block">Bittersweet Bond</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">My heart once bloomed beneath your gentle gaze,</p><p class="ql-block">Your words were soft, like warm spring sunlit haze.</p><p class="ql-block">I gave my all, laid bare my fragile soul,</p><p class="ql-block">Believed our love would make all sorrow whole.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Then coldness crept where tenderness once stayed,</p><p class="ql-block">Sharp bitter lies replaced the vows we made.</p><p class="ql-block">I burned with rage for wounds you left unhealed,</p><p class="ql-block">Yet still my chest with faded fondness sealed.</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">I yearn to flee, to break this tangled tie,</p><p class="ql-block">But every tear betrays my longing eye.</p><p class="ql-block">Love’s fire and hatred’s frost both dwell in me,</p><p class="ql-block">Bound to your shadow, trapped in memory.</p>