Strip away your relationships <br />One by one <br />Friend by friend by friend <br />By lover by parent by child <br />Until all that is left <br />Is a broken soul <br />Alone. <br /> <br />Then, when you understand <br />And only then <br />Equipped with the necessary wisdom <br />Are you at any kind of liberty <br />To judge <br />The desperate actions <br />Of another. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Webstatic, Sept.1999; Zinos.com, July 2000)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/throwing-away-the-key/
