The Truth About Parting

"Tell me you love me"
It was her eyes that pleaded
Brown and gilded with tears

"Tell me you care"
As my hard eyes watched,
And hers searched for love

"Tell me you want me"
My heart frozen with deeds
I dare not reveal or see

"Do not leave me"
But my crimes guided rigid
Thought on tramlines to death

"I love you"
And those words set hard
The truth that drives apart.