I Received...

I've been living on a sea of blood,

of sweat and tears.

From it I received nothing but joy.

The joy in the sky, twas so bright,

That the source I forgot to see.

Lit' did I know, that as the sea gave,

It needed too back, 

A similar sacrifice, though in a smaller offering.

And yet this realization,

Seems like a hope that yet flickers,

Like a candle light will it soon die.

And I wanted to give, 

'tis true.

But I had no knowledge of how to.

For I had joy but no means of sharing,

Love, but no means of giving.

For such a small sacrifice was required of me,

A parasite will I be forever?

I don't know the right way to give and to receive,

A pleasurable experience in concrete,

But difficult to achieve in abstract.

And I can hear the echo of the roaring sea,

That is usually in a precarious harmony,

Rare have I seen such fury in it. 

-anonymous