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One Decision
by Paul Chamberlain

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One Decision
by Paul Chamberlain
8-10-97

I put her up on a pedestal,
And there she stayed, until she fell,
By a lack of inhibition,
In one moment, by one decision,
Where life was made, no more.

But, even the reddest of roses, conforms,
To wither and die, eventually.
To remain only in a world of forms,
Where the essence lives on,
For the mind's sight to see.

And, I can look for this,
With a personal aspiration,
that I might find a kiss,
To fulfill the actualization,
Of the love I sought, but missed.