A collection of poems by Cora Barrett

Have I Not Loved Thee by Cora Barrett   Have I not loved the as the stars above To carry out your wayward wandering wish And listened to professions of your love To pine and hope and pray with every breath   And loved you till I was destroyed To feel my heartbeat falter at your word As still you smile and have enjoyed The gift that you have taken left to rot   Have I not followed your command With silent protest yet I still obey And pleading how I do not understand But I am just the victim of your life   And should your leisure cost so much That you would find your child a worthy price and others know not that you do such Shows shame in every effort you employ   So I could live and die at your own hand And bleed and suffer as you please Still, I hark at your command Although I beg and struggle just to breathe   Pray bring me not unto my demise And let me go in peace unto my grave That my birth, not bring my mother to despise The day she brought me forth and gave me life       I Beg For Peace by Cora Barrett   Give me not love, no, let me die I beg for peace and so I cannot live Believe me, Lord for I, I cannot lie To beg is all that I have left to give   Do not despise me for I cannot ask A kinder favor that my God bestow I yearn to rest in peace, and yes, to basket In heavens unerring warmth and gentle glow   Do not release me to the dark beneath or let me perish for my many sins for who else can I trust my hearts belief but whence your blessed grace at last begins       Untitled by Cora Barrett   Have I sinned to love you Shamed to look on your face Would I trade this envy If it saved me from disgrace   Should I keep your secret Let it lie upon my breast have I lost my honor If I take you to my rest   Could you ever love me If I show myself as true Will you keep this secret do I owe my life to you   Will you now betray me Leave me in the cold You alone set me free Should you be so bold       Untitled by Cora Barrett   I come to you my love  Dark the night and cold With burdens of a broken heart That loving arms enfold   I come to you on speeded wings That in the dark take flight I hope in all our wanderings Our love will come to light   I come to you with questions  That all will be made plain That you, my love will set me  free and end my cursed pain