By Ali
Date: 2003 Aug 20
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All Parts Reason

I took a world within me,
And it was by the lakes I split
In two, hinged lovingly upon
The pleasure that is pain,
A peak the others have traveled still.
But no more does that dream descend,
Upon me I am proved quite false, tasting
Cups of honey that begot rivers
Of an agonized existence--
Perhaps you know do see me,
But I am not what I am.
I am a peacock feather away
From cliche, forbidden by these reasons
To stoop so low as once I fell,
And so I let you go, lest I taint
Your angled soul any further than this--
I cannot justify love and will not speak
Folly to your face. You believed in me,
Therefore I came to the meeting righteous,
Determined to make the troubles straight,
And in tyranny I took it all for myself,
Breaking the skin of my soul to set you free.
It was that night when I bid you leave,
Kissed you once goodbye,
And said I did not love you--all passion
Triumphed by my necessity, all parts reason,
And the damning of a fool occurred
In that instant I forsook your lips for lies,
But I was well intentioned, for to save you,
I had to do no less than set you free.