'twas

(It begins)

'twas on our first walk
Little words I did talk
That she reached for my cold nervous hand

'twas on that clear day
My heart did inflate
And love I could now understand

'twas with trebling lips
That we shared our first kiss
A moment that shall never leave mind

'twas on that first night
At the edge of daylight
That her body first curved at the spine

'twas our first time on sheets
Our whole bodies would meet
My first connection of such it was true

'twas that first morning after
Recommencing with laughter
That I realised my love further grew

(It ends)

'twas with those four syllables
Came a pain not comparable
And darkness descended on me

'twas with loss of hope
I tied a noose in that rope
And used it to set my soul free