There were tears upon my leathers ...
Tears upon her face ~
Tears of anger and denial ...
Of shame and loss and disgrace.
The lie in which I had caught her ...
She knew would cost her dear ~
She knew what I now had to do ...
The words even I could not bear to hear.

The collar, worn around her neck ...
She wore with joy so well ~
She knew her neck would soon be bare.
By my eyes alone, could she tell.

The begging and the pleading ...
Which I had heard and believed before ~
Were answered with but my silence ...
As I gestured towards the door.

I loved her with a passion that ...
Yet defies my ability to say ~
This woman who knelt in tears before me ...
As I took her collar...and turned away.

For of all the laws of the D/s world ...
Be they carved in steel or written in dust ~
The one above all that is most enshrined ...
Is but a simple word...called trust.

For without trust there can be naught ... else
Love, honor, respect...they have no sway ~
And as I felt my heart near break in half ~
I took her collar...and walked away ...

Tonight, I sat upon a hill side ...
Where once before we used to play ~
And looked into the starry sky ~
And thought back upon the day ...

And as I sat there in the moonlight ~
Thinking how like diamonds they do shine ...
These tears upon my leathers ~
These tears...both hers...and mine.
 

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© May 2, 1999
Reproduced by permission
  of SirWolfr1 by AsYouWish122599

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