Tears....

There were tears upon my leathers,

Tears upon his face

Tears of anger and denial

Of shame and loss and disgrace

The lie in which I had caught him

He knew would cost him dear

He knew what I now had to do

The words even I could not bear.

The collar, worn around his neck

He wore with joy so well

He knew his neck would soon be bare

By my eyes alone, he could tell.

The begging and the pleading

Which I had heard and believed before

Were answered with but my silence

As I gestured towards the door.

I loved him with a passion

of which I cannot say

This man who knelt in tears before me

As I took his collar...and turned away.

For of all the laws of the D/s world

Be they carved in steel or dust

The one above all that is most enshrined

Is but a simple word...called trust.

For without trust there can be naught else

Love, honor, respect...they have no sway

And as I felt my heart near break in half

I took his collar...and walked away

Tonight, I sat upon a hill side

Where once before we would play

And looked into the starry sky

And thought back upon the day

And as I sat there in the moonlight

Thinking how like diamonds they do shine

These tears upon my leathers...

These tears...both his...and mine.