Earthly love so soon corrupts, <br />And others peace, it interrupts: <br />The jealous human nature fears <br />A loss, if other love appears. <br />It's not our choice; second place <br />Means loss of power, loss of face; <br />To give up our own sovereign crown, <br />And sense the ties that bind, unbound. <br />If our magic touch seems gone <br />We think it best to move along; <br />Place faith then in another heart, <br />Till death or some new love, doth part.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jealous-nature/
