scylla and charybdis

both monsters
reside in me
both attempt
to exercise control
so i must rigidly adhere
to my course
must tie up my passions
more tightly than odysseus
as he passed the sirens
for if i give in
to the hunger of
many headed scylla
it will only lead
down
down the black
and swirling maw
of dread charybdis
from which there is
never a return

©2010-Art Belliveau