Hardwired in Groundwater

Curtailing the passionate reprieve
is often an impossible task

Hardwired in groundwater
are the under-surface collisions

of a hero's complexity and
the flight to fight reflexive design

Timpani
Snare
De-bassed ring around

Colored lenses
posturing atop
the bartering core

One half of the circumference
lauds you for your nurture

The other condemns you
for your nature

The savior complex
the volleys and the serves

Some victims embrace
your tender gaze

Some wither worthless
by the need for intervention

"the nerve," they say

Yet still

Curtailing the passionate reprieve
is often my abomination toward
submission