Enlightened

you tear at the fabric
of your soul
not understanding
how loving me
and leaving me
are reasonable
to an enlightened man

you've given your love to me
though, it has changed in intensity,
and meaning,
with time...
and I would never...
        could never...
feel unloved by you again.

no one says we must stay forever together.

and though the pain
of the change
and the empty echo
of the halls
will resonate inside,
what you love..
and where you love..
are all you have, to keep you alive..

I do not have to lose you
to let you go..
we may take different paths from here,
but our love remains a home..
forever in our hearts..