what remains?

By MercyRain

love is unquestionable
          unconditional
          unmitigated truth

     and yet you fall away


                             what remains?
                             what remains?

shut down whole portions of the brain
     cut away so much
                             just to survive

old habits remain
                     they are the only things that can
               fall into rhythm and motion
                     the semblance of automatic behavior
                             just...

                             nothing else is possible

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Copyright 2015 MercyRain
Published on Friday, June 26, 2015.     Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"
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