Icarus

    Ambivalence

    2011

    We think we know
    In fact, we’re sure
    We’ve never been so sure before
    Our feet are firmly planted
    On love’s rock-steady floor.

    We think we know
    Until we doubt
    We let ourselves be turned about
    Our level heart gets tilted
    And love’s storm turns to drought.

    We think we know
    Our mind’s hell bent
    But in the end we must relent
    Our tryst is fated to become
    A love ambivalent.

    — Wayne Visser