The Agony of Reason

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040a11c3.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="07b8c2a0.gif" border=0 width="140" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ramblings</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ramblings"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>The Agony of Reason</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heartless"><U>Heartless</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rebuilding"><U>Rebuilding</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Crush"><U>The Crush</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03ff4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Agony of Reason</div> <div> There is no silence that etches so sharply</div> <div> like loneliness that searches for the meaning of the light.</div> <div> While dark storms ravage your inner senses,</div> <div> leaving you bare within,</div> <div> I can only absorb your agony in the shadows.</div> <div> You inch your way up a cobweb staircase </div> <div> to the heavens while I dig my hands in solid earth </div> <div> to find my human heart.</div> <div> The roads intertwine for people like you and I, </div> <div> both looking for familiarity in the hands of a bottle.</div> <div> But in our midst abides a line,</div> <div> not seen by curious eyes, that chooses</div> <div> to divide reason from the frailties of our souls.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>