By Ali
Date: 2007 Dec 11
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Wisdom

There's a world of wisdom
in the way you break my heart,
with all the precision of a surgeon's scalpel,
and here I once thought
I was the one
holding the blade.

There's a world of wisdom
in the way you break my heart,
with all the subtlety of a magician,
one moment here,
and the next--
gone.

There's a world of wisdom
in the way you break my heart,
as if annihilation was a mercy,
as if quick is only for the Band-Aid
that covers the wrecking ball hole.

There's a world of wisdom
in the way you break my heart,
but there's enough recklessness
in my love,
a tsunami of fervor,
a universe of grace,
and a whole religion
of strength--
enough
to withstand it.