Giving me something to lose was your greatest gift
Although it wasn’t gift-wrapped,
The emotionality involved transcended time
Naïveté from the perceived victor coincides with impunity– but it is not as it seems
Quite classical, and biblical
Even on our worst days;
You made me smile
A falsified feeling wasn’t always false– it didn’t feel false
Retrospect, I suppose
C.M. Rose
Why Fire Burns 