The Third Degree

In this love,

I learned about life,

hardship and the death of my soul.

I learned to be re-born

and to let go

of my eternal pain.

To understand this truth

of which I have

to gain,

eternally...

And there will be no remorse for my love

for it is truth

and truth be it

that beauty burns,

the third degree.

Oh the irony that beauty is wretched and dark!

and somehow so ugly,

how can that be?

But it IS truth...

and this truth that speaks to me

my love,

you are 

the third degree.