been locked
into a game of
emotional tetris
trying to keep
the rampant
misshapen feelings
carefully compacted
before i explode

all there is
for a goddamned fool
is hesitancy or
outright dismissal
as he grows
smallerandsmaller
until he finally
vanishes completely

my heart has
become a derelict old
abandoned gold mine
once filled to
overflowing
now an empty scar
slowly poisoning
the world around it