The benefits of separation Always have been known To not confuse brings liberation Option of the grown

The ultimate goal, empowerment Freedom from the trap Of love, rejection and regret Throw away the map

Carve your route and forge your path A new direction found Avoiding well-trod misery, wrath And apathetic ground

Pleasure claims what intimacy lacks Still longing for the lost Willing bodies beg little tax But empty hearts the cost

Until the day the one is met And separate halves conjoin Hearts fill, bodies weep, minds let To wander, and disjoin

For years of choosing take a toll Desirous though we be Dreams of diamonds turn to coal And all that's left is me

The perfect union of opposite poles Is but a fairy tale In reality, we play our roles And never lift the veil

For in doing so, we'd blur the line 'Tween love and sex, and dreams Of connection bound by strength divine Unravel at the seams