psyche’s doppelganger

i see the deliberate ones
bereft of a stagnant ego
floundering on the shoals
of insolent sacrifice
taking that unconditional dip
into temperance

why would you deny
your wright of joy
that wonder of rue
the flailing journey
to marrow?

why do we all neglect
the curcuit taken
in ever deepening spirals
out...ever out
beyond our joyless throes

to find the one within
who shouts, yearns, bleeds
for the retribution
of forgiveness

why abandon indulgence
when you can surrender
to extravagance, bounty
grace and cruelty
the Crown of Rout
your everlasting garland....

tell me
....tell me
why