Six Sonnets - VI. The Lover Leaves

I love as my heart dictates but my mind
Knows better to reject vain useless thoughts
Which feed on a fiction. Though you may find
My love offensive, I have only sought
Comfort from its existence. However,
Now undeceived, I realize I cannot
Live in this parody which will never
Be capable of a love that is not
One-sided and invented and so let
Desire die. I cannot be honest
I can no longer lie and must forget
Fancy for love rather worldly expressed.
My mind is content that it again wins
Though my heart has failed in so many things.