She Only Said She Loved Him
She Only Said She Loved Him
She only said she loved him.
How many meanings could that hold?
How many turns of feelings,
How many truths or lies enfold?
She said she loved him only;
Did this exclude all others?
What of the other souls they touched,
What of their friends, their fathers, mothers?
She said she only loved him.
If this be true, what of the rest?
Was he her only world,
The one alone who passed her test?
Only she said she loved him,
What to make of this?
Was she alone meant for him alone,
No other willing for his kiss?
But she only said she loved him,
And thus she left him there to wonder
Was their love a stroke of lightning,
Or just far off Summer thunder?
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