My penance for falling in love was to be beaten up, despised and reviled. It has a Biblical feel of radical punishment. I don't condone it, but if it leads back to you, then so be it.
Maybe I have romanticized the truth, but I guess it feels better than merely calling it cruelty.
I love you too much to go back and moan about my suffering. 
I look to the future with love, hope and faith...
In you.