Pyrrhic victory

how do you make coercion
your ally?

will you try to use
the moral lesson
that teaches nothing
but fear?

i shall run the risk
of this Pyrrhic victory

to have you in
my heart
and yet negate you
in my flesh

and that ally of the mind
exploits
and negates
my triumph in love

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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