how do you lose someone
in a day, in hours,
in a matter of minutes;
where speculation and heartache
and anger and disgust ferment
in the void left
by the absence of communication?
is it the sin of pride
to chain Hermes?
not to let him out of sight
for his flight could mean
vacillation?
an admittance of weakness;
so that even the tenderest
of loves becomes hard like stone
impervious to woos
indestructible even with
pleas of mercy
not even the Adarna's tears
can revive our atrophied hearts
would it be much easier to forget
than to reconcile?