For Best Results, Retreat

 

Walking away when you want me

means nobody gets hurt.

You must trust it's your interest in mind

for I know my demons

and I know my disease

and I know with you

that they cannot be defied.

 

Walking away, though I want you,

is avoiding the real pain.

If feelings get deeper, stronger,

decisions we may make

in lust, in haste,

complicate the inevitable end,

make the heartache longer.

 

Racing round a speedway,

delicate in each turn.

The chase stays oh-so close,

but if pace falters,

or lead becomes too great,

then one may catch the other

and in the victory we both lose.