Fear Of Nothing Poem by Rick Elpers

Were it that death separated us 
is better than to be rejected
To have no recourse and no hope
Without physical possibility 
Would be horrendous 
But this chosen abstinence 
Tears at the heart
Destroys confidence 
Renders emotional turmoil 
Wrenching the heart dry 
Bloodless empty
With the notion of a dalliance 
Replaced to be sought
Yet searching for some
Other heart as mine 
was of no value
With all that's said 
no longer holds truth
Brings listless apathy
To a soul once brought
To life by her open heart
Now closed