FREE VERSE Poem: Interregnum of the Heart, by KJ Hannah Greenberg

In between realized moments, I paled
From loss, from loneliness, failed to
Grasp that left behind feelings were
Better forgotten.

Sometimes, evil’s no peripatetic beast,
No hand waving of money or fame nor
Other glittery substance. Malevolence
Lives equally in illness.

Had I functional friends else family
Wise in human interactions, I’d not
Have loved malicious deeds, craved
Your recognition.

Yet, lives ago, your implacable needs
Were as storybook gifts to me. Today,
I sigh at myself as child with child,
Wonder on innocence.

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