[Poetry] "My Dear Faust"

Here we are, with more poetry from the vaults.

This poem is, to a large extent, about my old friend and ex-boyfriend Ryan. He's a great guy, really; he just has way too much emotional baggage that he refuses to effectively deal with. Which is why he can't keep a healthy, steady relationship, but just try telling him that... *grumbles about the general stupidity of men*

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My Dear Faust
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Listen to me truly: I don't pity you.
I grieve for the boy you were -- he went through hell.
You seem intent on staying there, a lost soul,
Self-damned, seeking a Gretchen;
I am not she.
I don't know anything about heaven.

You say I am an angel, that I put on a halo and flew away.
Like hell.
You say I am a diamond, that my flaws make me perfect.
Like hell.

There are no angels for men like you,
Drawn to your suffering, lonely and lost.
There is no Beatrice to guide you.
I am my own woman -- no angel, no lost love;
I am not your absolution.
Find your own forgiveness; it is not mine to give.

You made your devil's bargain.
Find your own way out.

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Summer 2000
revised 21 May 2002
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I'll probably post some old stories over the next couple days, as I have nowhere else to put them until such a day as I get around to acquiring a website and properly learning html. Which will not be anytime soon, more's the pity.

[Poetry] "My Dear Faust"

Here we are, with more poetry from the vaults.

This poem is, to a large extent, about my old friend and ex-boyfriend Ryan. He's a great guy, really; he just has way too much emotional baggage that he refuses to effectively deal with. Which is why he can't keep a healthy, steady relationship, but just try telling him that... *grumbles about the general stupidity of men*

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My Dear Faust
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Listen to me truly: I don't pity you.
I grieve for the boy you were -- he went through hell.
You seem intent on staying there, a lost soul,
Self-damned, seeking a Gretchen;
I am not she.
I don't know anything about heaven.

You say I am an angel, that I put on a halo and flew away.
Like hell.
You say I am a diamond, that my flaws make me perfect.
Like hell.

There are no angels for men like you,
Drawn to your suffering, lonely and lost.
There is no Beatrice to guide you.
I am my own woman -- no angel, no lost love;
I am not your absolution.
Find your own forgiveness; it is not mine to give.

You made your devil's bargain.
Find your own way out.

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Summer 2000
revised 21 May 2002
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I'll probably post some old stories over the next couple days, as I have nowhere else to put them until such a day as I get around to acquiring a website and properly learning html. Which will not be anytime soon, more's the pity.

[Fic] "Clockwork" -- original

A businesswoman gripes. (3 definitions of 'spring')

( Clockwork )

Totally random and unconnected to anything else... at the moment. Though it may turn out to be somewhere in the same world as Ekanu, though perhaps not in the same time period. Actually, you know, the more I think about it, the more reasonable that sounds...

ETA: Yes, this is set in the same world. Ayutha lives on the continent of Chida, which is in the southern hemisphere; her country, Besmodu, is in the temperate regions rather than the subtropical parts. (Ekanu's stories so far take place on the continents of Arina and Yanomy, which are both in the northern hemisphere; on the Gwynorae archipelago, which lies between the two aforementioned continents; and in Vinaeo, which is on the northern coast of Ohiyesa, a mostly tropical continent that lies generally northeast of Chida.)

[Fic] "Clockwork" -- original

A businesswoman gripes. (3 definitions of 'spring')

( Clockwork )

Totally random and unconnected to anything else... at the moment. Though it may turn out to be somewhere in the same world as Ekanu, though perhaps not in the same time period. Actually, you know, the more I think about it, the more reasonable that sounds...

ETA: Yes, this is set in the same world. Ayutha lives on the continent of Chida, which is in the southern hemisphere; her country, Besmodu, is in the temperate regions rather than the subtropical parts. (Ekanu's stories so far take place on the continents of Arina and Yanomy, which are both in the northern hemisphere; on the Gwynorae archipelago, which lies between the two aforementioned continents; and in Vinaeo, which is on the northern coast of Ohiyesa, a mostly tropical continent that lies generally northeast of Chida.)