This Had to Happen

This had to happen
To temper the choosing fear
Severance, losing dear

This had to happen
To part and parcel a circle
Shawl, all warm, fuzzy, and fickle

This had to happen
To snip the links that bind and crick
The pricked cataclysmic bleeding brick

This had to happen
To bear the raw and blistered skin
Choking shroud, gossamer thin

This had to happen
So the many not here stay over there
So many theres, where here’s not there

This had to happen
To loose it all in regret to choose
To know there’s nothing to lose

This had to happen
To leave here and go further from there
To take a chance and try askance fare

This had to happen
So that when gone and consumed
Nothing’s left behind, lost, or confused

RMKS, December 18, 2004