Because I Will Not!
I will,
if I have to,
walk into
the very depths of hell
with you
So that I
can begin
to lead you out
But I will not
live there with you
I will not dwell
in places of despair
and dread
And I will not
carry your dead-weight
into the heavens
I will not
because
I can not
~~~
I will dance
with your madness
to teach you
the dance
of my lucidity
I will sit down to your table
with all your monsters lurking,
The trolls, the goblins,
the dark angels
who do not wish you well
Yes, I will sit down
and eat with them
if that will keep you
from starving
But I will not starve for you,
I will not ingest their poisons
I will not because I can not
~~~
I lived there once
ate there many times,
imprisoned,
isolated from the living worlds around me
And I will not
live there again
I will not because
I will not
Copyright © Rev. Rebecca Guile Hudson | Year Posted 2005
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