Dormant feelings
Hold affair done,
Lacking measure
Bare rate begun,
That be a feeling
Seized of neglect,
Alas demeaning
Brings one regret,
The while lingers
In vain retrospect,
Hence a prisoner
Who can but wilt,
Without ye detect
The emotional tilt,
Of allegoric affect
Forced so to endure,
With a feeling of guilt!
© Jean-Jacques Fournier