Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting

I danced alone when you refused to sing.

I only laughed to mock the slight of your neglect

I loved you; what else could you expect?

Yet the good was rare,

Just here and there.

A distance of a thousand miles has grown.

The heart's tireless pendulum has stopped, overthrown.

That steady vessel I depended on has sunken deep,

The brightest door opened...