THE AGEING NOVICE

I need you more than you need me. 
I am deafened by a cacophony 
Of alien sound, when all I want to hear
Is your soothing, celestial harmony.

Why did you create the need in me 
To be at one with thee, knowing 
That can never be ? The impossibility 
You demand is beyond my capability.

Couldn't you have chosen a less arduous,
Gentler path for ageing novices like me?

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