Rather

Rather love a man who stands

to face his mistakes

than the man who lives by formal virtue

Rather love a woman who loves

passionately for a moment

than the one who claims to love eternally

Rather trust the need and despair

even if love was at times half-hearted

than believe that transcendental beings need human love.

And to love a human you must love an animal.

So is there a problem?

Can you love a woman for a moment,

say that she is beautiful, and then

in the morning leave?

Can it be love if you don’t stay?

And can you say to a man

to a woman,

a soldier

that truth is vacillant,

that we are all alone

with our questions?

Rather surmise that human beings need love,

but how to love and who can love

if love is all or nothing like truth?

Like the heart of the world,

all or nothing?

Rather let love free

than devalue love

down to an excuse.