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So now I meet myself by the Riverside

Where he patiently awaits my arrival

Me, that is by the Riverside, already knows what I will say

And he wants to show me something on the other side of the River

But I AM too excited.  I must tell all that I have learned

And Me, that is by the Riverside, is full of Love and Patience, so he listens

For after all, it is a good story.  And ME, that is by the Riverside, asks,

“So Who Shall Be Your Mate?”

And I say, To live with another is a great challenge, For we are all foul beasts

Who wound one another and feed off of our discontent

We compete

We envy

We betray

We attack

We are all guilty of these crimes when we become familiar, C’est Veritae

“So would you tarry alone?” Asks ME, that is by the Riverside

No, I would not But I AM never alone For you have always kept me company

And I was most Lonesome when I was with ONE

with whom I could not communicate how I felt inside

Or from whom MY wings, I must hide

“So what then?” Asks Me, that sits by the Riverside

Well, I would have the ONE that I want and not settle for the one that I can have

“But why is this so?”

For I will suffer the same fate

The same disappointments

The same betrayal

the same Pain

With Either

So I needs find the one in whom I willingly face these torments So that I may be by their side

And a smile passed over the face of ME, by the Riverside, And he said, “Have you not found this person yet?”

I thought I had on occasion and I did attempt

But circumstance proved me wrong of it For I was the test and I was always a choice

For each and all I met at a carrefour

And I stood on one path and Another stood on the next

“And What Was the Test?”

To follow your head or your heart

“And would you flatter yourself?”

Only because you cannot hide the truth And their feelings were plain

Which is why I was in their life, That, they could not feign

“And they chose not you? Quite a simple test”

Simple indeed but a blessing, of this, I AM sure

For it showed that they could not be with me The pressure would be too great

And they would seek to destroy themselves and me in the process

For being with me would be to bear false witness

“And your feelings for them?”

Do not change But in their wake, I cannot remain

I chose them and they choose me not I Walk On

“But you have made it here and have not found a mate.”

I have not But this is not the end It is only the Riverside

And though I meet you here I do not fear For you have been with me

Everywhere and you will travel with me as I pass through here

“Then I shall step aside, so you may behold what is on the other side.”

And it was her I saw And I could not look away

And for so long my gaze was fixed, that Me, by the Riverside, did walk away

And the current rushed And the River was deep And to cross this Fleuve would,

Thus far, be my greatest feat.

But cross I did With all the skills I had learned

And I did make it to the other berm

But further still She led my eyes

And walk on, I would, into the SunRise

And she, herself, would not stand stationary

So two steps I took for her every one she took in expansion from me

And slowly I came to gain in this pursuit that is no game

And at the end can only be betrayal, contempt and pain

But it is in that vessel in which I would deem be chained

And it may be a mistake

A grave one indeed

But only in the most dire of stakes

Do missteps show that our path be true

So I fear not a Gros error

For if she should grow hideous wings and armored scale

Breathe fire like a dragon, with eyes deep like the depths of hell

I will don armour and shield and campagne into her cave

And if everyday she tries to Flay me, Life becomes sweeter

As I survive another day

For I would risk being burned alive by one whom I desire

Than murdered in my sleep by the one with whom

I chose to retire.