irreconcilable differences

i would like you
to live
firstly,
a life without candor,
passion,
faith-
the things that
lend itself to the human condition,
proudly,
boastfully-

so that you may understand
loss--


-- i would like you to understand
loss


in the strictest sense-
its most wildest clarity-
it is
the things that are taken away
when the heart is
fragile and
useless-

i would like you to
know these things,
to be the catch and
the cruch-
to listen and
implore,
so that you may

yearn for more,
fight with less,
and carry your intentions
as a torch,
and not as wine -
even if you fall,
that you will fall on your
humility, and not
your regrets.

i would like you to
live with all things,
having searched,
knowing the graces of
how they have been taken
for granted,

these are the things
i will always
wish for you.