The power behind two words

was never inherently known

a construct of our own design

meant to be taught, felt

but never understood

open to interpretation as the words

that I write so tirelessly

to find an inch of meaning

but ultimately failing

for to understand how I feel

is to solve the great mystery

that keeps me here, where I belong

behind pen and paper

searching for the answers

that I don’t want to know

but thirst for anyway

because there never was

a contrast so intense

yet a similarity so beautiful

than love, hate

all around me

a nakedness so divine

that fills my brain

and sees my madness complete.