Flaxen Haired Maiden

I once knew a man suffering unrequitted love
For a flaxen haired maiden or so he told
with eyes that shone like the stars above
her value to him was beyond all earth's gold

And his love ran deep I knew
for his heart spoke to me true
who could this be with flaxen hair and skin so fair
to capture his heart and hold it there?

Unanswering his heartfelt pleas
oh I wondered who this could be
to cruelly cause of him such a mess
so I made him describe his princess

Flaxen hair an angel he said
with eyes that shone like the stars overhead
smooth as satin her skin he did dream
and perfect this creature he described did seem

Then started he from his revere
and oh so curiously looked at me
and his eyes did twinkle mischieviously

As he felt my flaxen hair
and touched my hand with skin so fair
he looked into my eyes and did tell
so saying to me, "Hello, My Angel"

Is that really what he sees? How is it that this came to be?
that this flaxen hair angel he spoke of was me?
that I was the one who captured his heart
and kept it there to tear it apart

Such a nobel creature to suffer after me
and wish did i to set him free
so I did what I could I threw open the door
telling him "between you and me there can never be more"

He did naught as I though and start a new page
instead he stayed inside his heart's cage
Saying "I'll love you until the end of time,
"One day I'll find you and make you mine..."

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