Heartbreak
That little death
It is a fear
The fear of being
Alone
But it reveals its own fallacy
For it is remembering a unity
That was
And therefore
Could still be
It is passion
That fears
Reason only
Hopes
In truth
Passion deals
In lies
And yet
A noble lie
A reasonable passion
A workable partnership
We need
To win
We will
Without the tyranny
of heartbreak
Edmund Wilson 