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You gave all there a promise
You gave it so to me

You chose me for your lifetime
The girl you chose was me

Your eyes were full of loving
My eyes were full as well

I grew to be dependant
On all, where you did dwell

My days began beside you
My nights were blessed with joy

Through trial and loss and sorrow
We never once did toy

With others who were tempting
No matter where we were

Our love for one another
Had none who could compare

I gave all there a promise
I gave it so to you

I chose you for my lifetime
I thought that you did too

Have I done something stupid?
Have I done something wrong?

I sleep alone in silence
But where do you belong?

We promised one another
That we would both be true

To live with one another
Until our lives were through

Your heart I trusted fully
It carried mine as well

I'm incomplete without you
The void that's left I tell

To friends and any listeners
Who knew us both of old

You've gone to find your reasons
And have left me to be bold

And find myself without you
And to carry on with less

Than all I had expected
When the priest us both did bless

I hurt, I hurt, I suffer
I suffer miserably

I'm incomplete without you
The girl your with's not me

Byron it is amazing how you can see and write the feminine point of view. Splendid.