Indifference

How bad to make another person cry

Worse even still to make a person stop

When welling eyes have spilled and fallen dry

And once inviting doors are carefully locked

A trusting upturned face late full of smiles

A cornacopic heart so freely given

To take and leave in offhand manner vile

Light innocence besmirched until it dims

I watched you hold the babe and coo her name

I watched you come and go as well you pleased

Each time you left, her tears more cautiously came

Until your next return she didn’t need

            Be careful, if you think them always there
            A love eternal can succumb to wear