Are You Ready?

Are you ready, Ms. Cynic
To drop all notions
of how meaningless love is
and what's the most it can mean to someone?

Are you geared

To accept that there are people

and things about them

That you, Ms. Know All,  just can’t comprehend?

Are you prepared, Ms. Prudent

To let go of this stuff, this self

you hold on so tightly to

As if all of your insignificant life depended on it?

Are you willing, Ms. Self Control

To at least imagine 

Madness as a possible way of life

And a valid reason to die?

Are you ready, Ms. Been There Done That

To accept, at least to yourself,

That you haven't been everywhere 

And haven't done it all as yet?