For An Unfaithful Bride Poem by Hm. Nes

Rejoice, my love, and rise to see
Your captain come to take you home-
I know- I see- It's no surprise-
You share your bed with another

I'll slay him now- He should have known-
But spare you whole, for you belong,
And always have, to me alone, your lover-
Speak no more of it- I understand-
Though tempted still to take his hand
And run away, receive my love now fully

For I have always loved you thus
And pledge forever simple trust,
Unshakeable and without compromise,
A promise of my life, my love,
And all I have as yours to hold
Forever and with me in paradise

Weep not! He dies, unworthy fool!
Unworthy of one fragment small
From your embattled heart that pines for me-
A heart that now unfettered, free,
Can love as I have loved but thee,
Completely and for all eternity