you seem to have this genuine notion that I possess a magnanimous heart <br />- and I believe our time together had calcified that image of mine in your head... <br />- after all, you have seen me in so many times give things, trivial and otherwise, to those who ask - and to those who need more... <br /> <br />i must confess, however, that I nonetheless remain extremely greedy <br />- that even if I recognize charity to inhabit my being, I remain obstinately selfish... <br />- for even if I concede that your existence entwines with that of others, I can never bear to share you - not a single part of you... <br /> <br />you must understand now - why what you asked of me is outright improbable... <br />you must realize now - why I rather be hurt and lost and exist in loneliness without you... <br /> <br />- as I would rather lose you in giving, than to keep you in sharing.<br /><br />Matthew Edan Oliver Palma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/giving-and-sharing/
