Sovereign of my heart

Sovereign of my heart,
You abdicate and desert
The vineyard after it ripened,
The rose garden after it bloomed,
The dark hole you brightened.
Resuscitated my heart
When it swooned.

Sovereign of my heart,
For you, I walked up,
All alone,the coldest hills.
Years and years passed,
Everything was at your whim.
Sweet was the spell you cast
That stripped me of my will.

Sovereign of my heart!
After every battle you won,
You'd run to my cottage.
And I'd clean your wounds
Stealing all the night alone.
Then you'd leave before
The break of the dawn.

Sovereign of my heart,
You drowned your pain in me
Sought repentance in my embrace.
Tears from your eyes mingled
With mine.Sweet was their taste.
Purified,together entwined
Soft breeze,the lullaby.

Beats of your heart
Against mine. No longer
Could I hide.Lying naked,
You saw through me,
Woke up my moribund soul.
In resurrection we belonged.
For life we longed.

On a cold December's night,
By the white river so quiet,
A farewell hug, we had to depart.
You bowed, kissed my hands,
And gave me a scarlet locket
Around my neck forever it hangs,
Screaming and declaring :
"He is the sovereign of my heart"