A Hard Lesson From Love Poem by Chris Embrick

With loneliness each night I sleep
No love to lay beside my heart
A fool I lost the better part
The one I loved; I could not keep
The wounds of heartache cut too deep
The river dry, the dreams all wilt
My heart is riddled with the guilt
The mountain between us too steep
In youth I took love for granted
From love's far shore I have been blown
Now time gives me no advantage
The seeds of love have never grown
The lesson hard that life's planted
My heart must reap the hurt it's sown.