Monday, February 16, 2009

Stay: Either way

I had to lay it bare today,
Own up to the things I say,
Accepting the long delay
Marked by words in black and gray,
My own I can't betray, decay, or go astray;
So leave behind this wrong essay--
this damnation I follow everyday:
From this I must turn away,
keep persistent tide at bay,
words in secret dossier;
If and only if, I pray,
I must and if I should obey
There is no h-i-m in "stay,"
I'll follow you, either way.

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