earthquakes and fissures
routinely affect politics and relationships
as they act on the earth's crust
tectonic plates clash in subduction zones
they separate at divergent boundaries
a quake strikes
will I engage or detach?
wisdom will prevail
I will not be smashed or fall between the cracks
Life melting around my fingers
Only memories are left to linger
Unconditional love, detrimental cost
Forever out of reach
Forever is it lost?
A quest for once forgotten
Only numbness - vaccinated misbegotten
Despite attempt to fill this void
Endorphin addiction
Psychological synthetic subduction
But with vacuos comes cognitio
Early maturity, a non-existing ego
Living for the moment
Blessid cursid gift
Robotic logic, realities open rift
Life molding with my fingers
Only memories with me to linger
Unconditional love, never was it lost
Whoever comes into reach
Whoever, is the real cost
Subduction
continental contact
thrusting and folding
Seismic kiss of an
orogeny
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