By Ali
Date: 2006 Jul 03
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Paralyzed

It's taken me a while to realize
What this all means. Perhaps I
Should've known before now, but
It's not like I find myself
Alone, especially on nights
Like this...
I know too many ghosts
To know comfort.
Some mistakes come softly, silently,
And this is the very breath of madness,
But from which heart does it spring?
How can one divine love
When it falls so freely, so feverishly
Away from consequence?
Yes, you could say you didn't know,
But that would be a lie,
And so the impasse is rendered,
Between high water and hell,
Between freedom and fault,
Between truth and denial.
An inhale of breath
Will either betray or convey,
And in that movement, be wary--
Because there's either
Too much, or too little,
Of love, here.