There are no ties to bind us now; all ties are broken: <br />I asked that Heaven make it so; thanks be to God! <br />A bitter cup once filled with pleasure, is now empty; <br />My soul, at last, can find repose; it desires nothing. <br /> <br />I loved you once, I do not love you now; ponder on that, at least. <br />If I erred it was because I could not face that truth. <br />Let all these many years of bitterness and strife <br />Be swallowed in memory's void; and let my heart breathe free. <br /> <br />You have battered and destroyed it without pity; <br />And madly trampled, once and again, my pride ... <br />Yet never from these lips will you hear a murmur <br />To condemn the tyranny you wielded over me. <br /> <br />Terrible avenger of great wrongs, how meekly <br />You fulfilled your mission. Are you unaware of it? <br />It was not your irresistible power that caused me <br />To lay at your feet my unconquerable strength. <br /> <br />God willed it so; and so it was. Blessed be his name! <br />All's over now; and I at last recover my own self. <br />All-avenging angel, you are now a man! ... <br />And I behold you and feel nor love nor fear. <br /> <br />Your sceptre is shattered and your sword is broken ... <br />And, oh, what melancholy freedom do I breathe! <br />I made a world of you; that world is gone; <br />In vast and profound loneliness, I dwell. <br /> <br />I wish you happiness; and if some day you chance <br />To read this, my eternal farewell, know even then <br />There will always be in my heart for you, <br />Generous pardon and tender affection.<br /><br />Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-him-14/
