Éphémère Et Éternelle Poem by Namrata Das Adhikary

This little tale depicts the feelings of a lover(consider him royal, or someone like you) for his lost beloved. After the heavy loss, he went physical with another lady...most probably, out of lust. Underneath his skin, he was still awaiting his beloved.. even though she was dead; since now he realises that he can never love any other woman like he had once loved. He reminisces his bygone days, when his empire wasn't as null like present, when his kingdom was at the epitome of Paradise with his lady by his side.

In the content, 'you' refers to his lost beloved, and 'her' refers to the his present partner. The lover places his doubt, that his present partner might be in love with him. But irrespective of that, he can't seem to do away with his feelings for the one he has always loved.

In the second line of the poem, the lover says 'we're' and not 'we were' since he still considers his beloved to be his only one.