Flooding in the Unhappy

In vapid listlessness
eyes closed, but not rested.
It was a state of dilapidation -
at least, of detached interest
within me.
I had been flooding in the unhappy.

I Did Not Love

It was marvelous to discover
that I
did not love.
I dare say, I seemed
all tenderness before you:
But the depth of the absurdity - of genuine idiocy,
that I could love.
I have avoided this.

Extract My Heart

I fear another betrayal
should be the last.
my journey was sadder than I could put down,
my history, dree, and dreary!
And not exactly a kind which I should have chosen
but never mind!
I'll extract my heart
and I'll continue whole.