Paradox

This winding road before me
The unsettled, vacant light
Relentless chains of freedom
Seldom seen through waking sight

Forgive me if I dream of you
Forget my gasping need
A love reborn, forsaken
In the urgency of greed

What to me was ours together
Was your selfish solitude
A secret, mine to cherish
Bore a mark of shame for you

Passion is my healing balm
That burns your aching skin
Begging me to leave
You lock the cell you’ve put me in

Surrender to the sweetest pain:
Your fear that you will find
The fires of Hell within your soul
And Heaven within mine