Cruel Kindness

Cruel Kindness drew me near and held me close

And I not knowing kindness to be cruel,

Embraced and held with little thought of loss

Or fear of broken heart or broken soul

But sure as silent moon's sweet subtleties,

That oft attract the eye and lure the mind

Your moonbeam-charms increasing by degrees

Came with enchanting chains, my heart to bind

Thus bound and heavenward up from the ground

You raised me sev'ring all my ties below

And then, as waking from a dream

I found you gone, and me hang'd high from kindness' bough

Your kindness keenly made my half heart whole

But now you're gone and gone with you, my soul