She has a diabetic Confidence
that pulsates through every artery
and leaves her in a state of reverie
that illuminates her great Defiance.
But she will soon show her Ambivalence
when she retreats into Insecurity
and displays her great capacity
for mind-numbing, oscillating Arrogance.
In the transience that calls itself Life,
among the humans that are junkies for Praise
the Highs fluctuate; the Lows will last
and turn through the gut, that horrible Knife
that seems to cut short the best of our days.
Those best days though, have already passed.

05/12/2002

Author's Note: I had no title for this when I first wrote it and five years later I still can't think of a good one.

Posted on 07/04/2007
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