Emotion: NOT for the Faint of Heart

    Threatened by a small creature 
         whose heart is the size 
      of the universe
  physically strong men 
      full of machismo
         not a pound of soul 
    if it had been Shylock 
       a pound of soul 
 is more drastic than flesh and bone

   Individuals follow 
      a yellow brick road of denial 
  residual annoyance of indifference 
   avoidance of love in its truest form
        is perhaps one of the dumbest
    things for one to detract  
        and would cause sorrow 
             for one’s spirit 
   horrible thoughts of pity formulate
  one who seems to have everything 
       truly has nothing 
   
 In fact, The Nothing 
   from The Neverending Story 
     took hold — all that’s left
  a dark wormhole that asphyxiates 
    any semblance of organic hope 
  stupid how some humans 
      avoid direct interaction 
  with flesh and bone humans 
     only to blame their calamity
          on the blameless 

Humans who try something new 
   only to recoil reside in fear 
  who pretend to acknowledge life 
 a spark was cast — which required
     nourishment — neglected 
         praised in light 
    choked in shadow