Must passion betray?

No doubt, he fell in love for her.

No doubt, he has found her worthwhile.

Does he really feel such love

For her at the very moment

‘As she believes to be feeling

And as she hopes to feel for the rest

Of her life towards him?’ Doubtful;

I pity for my little sister.

I was determined not to occupy

His attention to the exclusiveness

Of my sister, whose lover he had been.

The reason of his attentiveness to me

Must be in his casual attempts to win

The good opinion of her relations,

Which might influence her view of him.

I went wrong. He wanted me and not her.

No doubt, he found her attractive.

No doubt, he found me more than her.

It was his fate he saw me later

When he paid a visit to our house.

I wished I had not been back home.

A treachery I could not make.

Maybe he was true to his love.

I stood for the sake of my sister.

22.05.2016

(Influenced by a story Alicia’s letters of Thomas Hardy)