Suitors

There were two Suitors Who loved otherwise In their own ways One loved because He desired to give The other loved because He sought to receive The one who gave Sought the lover’s heart The one who received Desired the lover’s flesh The giver wrote poetry The receiver knew not the art The one that pursued the heart Loved because he loved The other who craved the bosom Loved because he wanted offspring While one empathized The other was pitiless The first spoke of his dreams The latter of the here and now When Mother asked the lover Who she would take to her Father The lover chose the latter