Well >I< call it poetry...

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This is deeper than I normally like to get publically, but when impulse strikes: ignore at your own peril...

The Ruthless Dichotomy of the Soul

Safety and fear, what can this be?

Light yet dark, strange duality...

They burn without flame, the ember and the coal.

The ruthless dichotomy of the soul

Love brings pain for you and for me

And pain is pleasure for many of these.

The fire's too hot when you're so cold.

It's just

The ruthless dichotomy of the soul

The complexity of life denies simplicity of heart.

I see the whole of it now that I stand apart,

Emotionless now that we're so old.

I hate

The ruthless dichotomy of the soul

Time stands still as I look to the past.

I understand now why this will be the last.

Life has shaped me in this mold.

I am

The ruthless dichotomy of the soul