Speak Not of Love

Speak not to me of love.
for I have dived deep
into love's great depths,
and learned to weep
for a love i dare not keep.

Speak not to me of love.
for I have known
that love, despite all we do,
is taken away
into a great unknown.

Speak not to me of love,
I've felt its sting,
And tasted the bitter
despair, the hollow feeling,
betrayal brings.

Now my heart lies frozen,
safe forever from hurt and lies;
wrapped in a flame too cold to burn,
safe now, never again to cry --
yet chained, never again to fly.