How did I love you?

there was no measuring

far above this dirty world

far above everything

in your tower over it

you were clean



so warm & insightful

were you in my eyes

I was sure the rightful

guardian of my life

damn you betrayer

how you lied



but for seven years

you were loved

I laid golden orchid crowns

around your feet



for seven years

I bowed down

to touch the ground

so wholly your devotee



you were

all I could see



I've got my sight now

I see everything you hid

so don't you try to right now

all the wrong you did

I might forget you

but not forgive



but for seven years

you were loved

I laid golden orchid crowns

around your feet



for seven years

I bowed down

to touch the ground

so wholly your devotee



for seven years

you were so revered

I made offerings of

anything and everything I had



you were

all I could see