Limbo


Literally, limbo means
Hem or edge.

Writers have given
It broader meaning.
As a state of confinement
Or exclusion.
The prison of the mind.

Theologians reason that
It is a state of non-grace
A placement for those
Whose sin does not merit punishment
But whose goodness does not merit reward.

And all of these define
A life bereft
Of loving
Or being loved.

I found my limbo.
Loved by one
I am not in love with.

And in love
With one who
Cannot love anyone.

Between heaven and hell.

In a state of Limbo.