I Wonder If... Poem by John Sensele

Animus annihilates
Mockery mutilates
Verity ventilates

Withdrawal withers
Disgust dithers
Selfishness slithers.

Normalcy nourishes
Boastfulness banishes
Romance replenishes.

Divergence defeats
Opposition overheats
Brutality beats.

Shame shortens
Fragility frightens
Solace straightens.

Reconciliation revitalizes
Gallantry galvanizes
Peskiness polarizes.

Love lifts
Drivel drifts
Sanity sifts.

Hostility haunts
Tension taunts
Despair daunts.

Emotion exists
Terror twists
Innuendo insists.

Fantasy fakes
Coquetry cakes
Benevolence bakes.

Sentimentality strikes
Hospitality hikes
Longing likes.
Distance dampens
Opportunity opens
Sharing sharpens.

Respect reigns
Casualness campaigns
Disaster deigns.

Crying creases
Mendacity misses
Company kisses.

Grumbling grieves
Responsiveness reprieves
Doubt deceives.

Thinking thrives
Drama drives
Abundance arrives.

Propinquity prefers
Interest infers
Osculation offers.

Wine whines
Protection pines
Memory mines.

Wonder welcomes
Continuation comes
Rest roams.