I was a certainly single guy.

She became a lover.

And then my mistress.

And a friend.

She was soon my Partner,

my Lover, my Mistress and my Friend.

The love was fractured;

and with that went the Lover,

the Mistress,

and eventually Partner too.

I contented with the friend.

Yes, I contented with the friend.

Alas without the Lover and the Mistress the friendship could not survive,

and because of it equally it was doomed.

That is certainly the loss I mourn by the greatest measure.

My greatest friend.