All comedies begin in shipwreck
And dash themselves to happiness.
All tragedies begin in joy
And shatter into shipwreck.
How did Othello feel
Seeing that he felt too deeply;
Or Hamlet or Macbeth
Or blind Oedipus;
Antigone
or even Satan...
And am I one
with all these figures
Masked in black
Is my hamartia trust?
The trust I lack,
The courage I misuse.
Perhaps the courage of a braver heart
Is the tendency to stay
Rather than fight.
What an unexpected parapetia.
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