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And you say screw
the root and curse
the branches,
but I wonder if you might
take the tree,
chop it into logs
for a fire to keep
you warm at night.

But do the bridges you burn
light up the sky
like the stars
we used to wish upon;
or wrap you in warmth
like my arms?

So I wonder now if
you finally realize:
it is not enough to
want to be good,
for you never were
and never can be.

Nor can I be noble
and love you perfectly
(though God knows I tried);
we are human and children,
all fragile and foolish
and mistaken so often.

For this we have
as the only law we know,
and we do not live by it
well, else we might
not be so obssessed
with goodness and love.

Yet do we know evil
and I wonder how
you might propose now
to return to land
as you sink where once
you stood on that bridge.

Or you might replant
a tree and find again
that wood is good
for building bridges,
where it lasts forever,
so not like in a fire,
which ends and leaves you cold.

You want to be good,
and I want to be noble.

That is not enough,
but I love you.

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And you say screw
the root and curse
the branches,
but I wonder if you might
take the tree,
chop it into logs
for a fire to keep
you warm at night.

But do the bridges you burn
light up the sky
like the stars
we used to wish upon;
or wrap you in warmth
like my arms?

So I wonder now if
you finally realize:
it is not enough to
want to be good,
for you never were
and never can be.

Nor can I be noble
and love you perfectly
(though God knows I tried);
we are human and children,
all fragile and foolish
and mistaken so often.

For this we have
as the only law we know,
and we do not live by it
well, else we might
not be so obssessed
with goodness and love.

Yet do we know evil
and I wonder how
you might propose now
to return to land
as you sink where once
you stood on that bridge.

Or you might replant
a tree and find again
that wood is good
for building bridges,
where it lasts forever,
so not like in a fire,
which ends and leaves you cold.

You want to be good,
and I want to be noble.

That is not enough,
but I love you.