A RELATIVE POEM: THE ABSENCE OF LOVE

THE ABSENCE OF LOVE

A feeling taken often for granted
For me a distant memory
Not a fleeting glimpse or flicker of emotion
My dormant heart of devotion
The busiest time I search each day
To keep old memories of love  at bay
Pain endured keeps others in check
But moments creep in and I long that first peck
I surf a wave looking far and wide
But always the same is all I find
The fear I have I keep from all
Is will ever I feel again or fall
For which others have and often abuse
I'm left with heart full of sorrow of no use
So long the flames of love are dowsed
I hunt with passion those to blame to rout
Hence no other focus for me to see
My changing track or tact never be