a single tear

viral seed of doubt
eating from within
it took love
to slow the rotting

and this love,
tested once again
when the doubt
blossomed into,
truth

it all falls
lies,into place
love, into pieces
trust,out of vogue

one would expect
love to be shoved
yanked from within,
tossed away

but curiously it stays
shedding tears of regret
at its loss of freedom
for although love survives
its vessel is broken

condemned now to live
in solitary misery
where starved of
nurturing,
it eventually dies.