Memento Mori

You are you
and I am I,
and someday
both of us will die;
and we will both
be laid in dirt,
so while I live,
I'll love and hurt.


You are sex
and I am love,
but I will stay
with you because
I want to give
you all I can,
and prove that I
can love a man.

     You are love
     and I am sex;
     you are roses
     I'm a red dress;
     but I won't stay
     with you this time--
     I can't accept
     your sacrifice.


I am love,
and you are just
another man
in love with lust,
so I pretend
that I don't care
so I can keep
my hands in your hair.

     I don't care
     that much for you,
     but, gods, I swear
     the things you do
     are well worth lying
     to your brain!
     I'm a liar born,
     but I refrain.


This joy and pain
can never last,
so while I live,
I'm living fast.
I cannot speak
for both of us,
but I will live
'cause live I must.