Beautifully written. Good people try to be the best person they can be each and every day. On one side, we have our best selves, trying to self-actualise and on the other, we have a survival mechanism, which sometimes seems to conflict with our wishes. This gives us our own binary opposition - the universal good v evil paradigm. This poem captures it perfectly.
thank you, katy, for such an insightful reflection
Thank you, that's really sweet of you. I also read some of the other comments, and perhaps the writer who pointed out that really, the "I" of the poem was trying to achieve his ideal self in the relationship, not necessarily as extreme as the good v evil analogy :) I enjoy reading your poems. They're more "real" than lots of the dross that counts as experience :) or actions that affect us :)
thanks, katy - I appreciate that encouragement :)