Degredation

Love burns bright    with caution and care –It gives me wings    that cut the airYet warning bells ring     so ominously there 
Our fire needs fuel

     but all too soon, 

all we have left

     are flaws that wound

And now we don't sing 

     such melodious tunes
 
Darkness makes bereft -       it pervades my thoughtsand mars your words;      A watching pairof little black birds     The seeds of doubthave taken hold –     Their roots force cracksand we grow cold.