For Ruby

For Ruby Intending to soothe it with tenderness, Rather I have ravished your heart with sorrow.

Attempts to understand elude me; Abandoning them, I leave the domain of earth – Finding that I have loved you all along In that pure, sweet way, I wished.

I am sorry for the sadness.

But, beyond earth, I will heal your sorrow now, Leading you, from within, into gladness.

- David Young