Intrinsic Argumentation
Daniel Jeremy Perz

I’m dying,
It’s true
Admit it then.
Yes.
How long have you got?
I don’t know.
Give it a shot,
life deserves a chance
Don’t throw it away
What a waste
And for what?
What I ask you?
Tell me not that love means nothing.
That is precisely what I believe
I do believe your beliefs are not to be believed
Too short
a time
Yet so seemingly endless
When will it end?
Sooner rather than later I hope
I know
No.
I don’t want it to end.
It’s only just begun
You have gone through a lifetime of hurt
Is that not enough?
There is still so much to experience
How can you say goodbye already?
The truth is, I can’t
The truth is, it is easy
Easy to let go
Not so.
I know.
Know? Ha!
You know not enough to fill a book
Never mind a lifetime
There you go. You proved my point.
The only thing proven is your impudence
and recklessness
Reckless? Me? Reckless is your wish to die!
You make it sound so corporeal.
You make it sound so unimportant.
You are putting words in my mouth
Speaking of time and the end of ours,
I wish I could put an end to yours
You cannot do that without dying as well
Treat me like a child,
how can one hate oneself so passionately?
At least it’s not indifferently
Just because we lost him,
It doesn’t mean we have to give up
It is not “giving up”, it is moving on
Moving out is more like it
You know you can’t run away from your problems
You cannot like in one place forever
I can try.
Try as you will, you will fail
Fail isn’t in my vocabulary
Another proof as to your limitations
I will be successful
All right, failure, venture your life on that and I’ll be content
You?! Content? You’re an oxymoron if I ever saw one.
You are simply a self-serving, self-gratifying bloodsucker
interested only in fulfilling himself
Cares not for others such as I
and seeks only to satisfy his carnal needs
You must be thinking of someone else
I am nothing like you describe
Denial is the first step,
next comes acceptance
You want to understand,
yet being so close you still can’t
I will not stoop to your insidious accusations
I know I can never fully understand you, nor you I,
Never mind all the others
Deceive yourself as you wish
Comprehend this or not,
you cannot separate yourself from me
We are one
Impossibility doesn’t mean I can’t wish it
Wishing is futile, as you well know
Wishing will get you nowhere
Where has it gotten you thus far?
When will we stop
referring to ourselves as
“I” and “you” and start
employing the “we”?
You have it all wrong
The only “we” exists in your head
That is the only place you and I exist
Need I remind you?
I’m about to hurl
You mean we


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