but

I am so grateful for you,
but...
there's that word
little good ever comes from it
so let's leave it at that:
But.
there are too many of them anyway

don't judge man by his actions
but his motives
we are not made of our choices
or our mistakes
we are made of the reasons we make them
and what we learn from them

duality

in some conversations
there are two planes
the pretense, the face value
and a hidden underworld
of thinly veiled truth

you can fall in love
in a single
starlit moment
and fall out
just as quickly
but love
love is a subtle dance
that takes years
to perfect