The Perceived Necessity For Three Precise Approximations
1) For a Poet Once Envied
how much of your soul
exactly
did you leave for your
muse to
feast upon and devour ..
2) For a Lover Once Loved
How much of yourself
exactly
did you choose to hold back
while I tried
to drown myself in you ..
3) For a Cause Once Fought
How much time do we have
exactly
for the two of us to devote
to a cause
we know, to be already lost ..