[poem] Reflection

[kaberett]

We will part ways. Then, should your thoughts return
to me, I ask of you this gift: do not permit
your memory to soften me, erase
my scars and snarls, elide
my impatience and myriad cruelties.
Do not forget my lies.

Remember me complete. If I am kind
I am not only kind; if I am often fair
it's no less true that I am quick to judge.
I can't be brave without that I know fear.
We love: and we anticipate our loss.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

;_;

[kaberett]

<3

I finally said out loud (to quartzpebble, actually) the thing about how - it's treated as the highest compliment, in a lot of contexts, to say "oh, they were simply the loveliest human being you could ever meet, they never had an unkind word to say about anyone" -- but actually that's not something I even aspire to.

[alexseanchai]

Ayup.

[davidgillon]

Oh my!

[kaberett]

Thank you!

[raze]

Oof. So powerful.

[kaberett]

Thank you <3

[nanila]

For some reason this makes me taste cinnamon.

[kaberett]

oh--- thank you so much for telling me. <3