"One"

Blessed as we all are
In our embraces
Of eternal love, hope, and
Confidence

During anticlimactic midnight
I awake, semi-confident
Fell too fast, too fierce
And was

Alone

Suddenly midnight

Truth as it may be
We are warm in the impact
Of human fire, human soul
We revel in thought,
Shades of difference
Notwithstanding
Flickering of falsehoods
Effaced by darkness of need

collide
collide
collide

Tangled web of consciousness
(unconsciousness?)
Giving and taking
Taking and taking
Deceiving nature born unto us from the start
The necessity to survive
The mandate of Destiny

whisper to me your secrets

Alone
Midnight
When I am

© Fontaine L.
December, 1998