Deus ex Aequitas

Well, Alcuin -

I'm glad you spoke up, because this gives me a good idea of the work the poem probably needs. It seems I was rather unclear as to its meaning - so I'll provide a brief breakdown (for the reader's sake).

Italicised: Sets the stage for the poem (thematic elements i.e. the center, absense of the self, luster)

1: The writer (or rather speaker) of the poem holds something that another loves, and rips it apart etc. The key to the stanza lies in its final four lines, where it is revealed that through doing so, the writer attempts to instill a connection between I and you - implying that the 'you' in the poem had done something similar to what the writer had loved, but that through doing the same to 'you,' the writer achieves one-ness with the aggressor.

2: The writer bares himself to the root of his pain - but shows that he is not afraid, for if there is justice - the aggressor will be punished. Nothing is left concealed from he who once ripped what the writer loved apart.

3: The writer swears to tend to the wounds of the thing that he loves, to draw from her the poison that the aggressor has used upon her, because in the end - the attacks of the aggressor pale before the machinations of the artist. The God with no name is revealed as his strength to conquer that which threatens that which he loves (consequently being that which the aggressor loves: the torture).

4: Judgment is given from the Lord to the aggressor, but it is revealed that the writer has forgiven him, as the thing within his love dies.

5: The writer is contented with his freedom from the aggressor - and realizes that through this separation, joy can be achieved - and that he has made his own God through forgiveness. A very Christian ideal, I suppose.

Perhaps this clarified. Perhaps it confused it further. I'm unsure.