Pondering the Eternal Triangle:
Triangles are a geometrically stable shape; the strongest.
One kind, the isosceles triangle has (at least) two equal sides;
both, two equal sides and two equal angles.
The name derives from the Greek iso (same) and skelos (leg).

Call the compulsion divine distraction,
the looking-back way to see into true
the bad and good that’s one right reaction;
the devil, the angel, in me, in you.
Happy, we thought, till we happened—and then
the heartbeats match too much, and we obsess,
and try not to transgress, time and again,
and dish a small death serving selfishness—
my other would die that I lie. I swore—
But, we're lovers--see us in each other,
and, or, missing parts adore, discover;
and sin is a blessing worth living for.
Who'd do what's just and hurt us, or all three--
devil or angel--opt for secrecy?

© Helga Ross 2007