Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell

LAST OFFERING
by CyZ

I give myself, or I offer myself. I do not know
If I can give myself, but it is my strive.
It is my downfall.

I rip out my pores and my eyes
To feel that I am dispossessed of myself.
Only abundance descends.
It is body.

Here, I lay down what I am; I banish myself
Out of myself, and I fall.

1990