Emotions Rag

I hold onto my emotions

lest they disappear into the

overwhelming silence,

lest they shatter on the

jagged shoreline,

crushed by waves of

sheer indifference.

I encircle my emotions

within my own embrae,

coldness is everywhere.

I no longer insist on acceptance,

or futile gestures

bearing more shadow than meaning.

I’ve planned the ceremonial drowning of

my own meager expectations.

I anticipate no visitors at the

bedside of my dying for

i will soon be forgotten

as it should be.