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FIRE AND ICE

FIRE AND ICE 
 I enjoy earthly pleasuresAndMaterial thingsThey never betrayOrGo away            Leaving me broken.  I am a man of feeling and compassionAn overwrought sensitivityA paradox and a contradictionI hate as intensely as I  loveBut My love growsAndHate to indifference My soul criesWith anger and pityI suffer to seeThe pain and lossOf innocenceNo sense to thatAt allIn this God’s world Miserere Domine But nowI am fire and iceI keep my love lockedSafely tightOut of sightDeep inside of me.It is better that wayAsI slowly fade away. No regrets to  pull me downNothingNo one To s top me from letting goEasier for me to leave behindEasier for them not to seeEasier for them not to know. Sicut sit