The taste of truth stings me
like bitter coffee on a cloudy, cold morning,
caressing my thoughts tenderly,
though with poisonous intentions;
truth that wants to choke my being
and take me to a place
I've always feared.

Those illustrious palindromes of words and emotions
quickly find their way and engulf me
into their mundane life.

Stay,
for without you
my unremitting endeavors will
relinquish forever.
--

To him.