SONNET LXXI - BROKEN

You swore you'd never break my heart again
you vowed to God you'd stay here by my side
not even three days passed us by and then
you vanished and your vows to heaven died
But no one's perfect, so I forgave you
a thousand times, and every time you failed
you turned around and stabbed my poor heart through
and in the end, True Love has not prevailed
Perhaps the Lord above can understand
why you'd abuse a heart that loves you so
but this is not the life that I had planned
so I am forced to finally let you go
  I used to pray you'd come back home to me
  But now I need the strength to set you free