A Cold Heart v02

(Another version of the poem I submitted yesterday to MyWriters Poetry Prompt. This version appears only in this blog.)

When empathy vanishes
helpfulness fades
and kindness flies away,

Sympathy is no where to be found.

All that goes on in the mind will be
Cold heartless calculation
Of benefits and advantages,
Of what it will cost,
And how much will be lost.

Where the only matter left
that matters anymore will be
Whether it is absolutely necessary,
Whether it is really required,
Whether it is that important.

"What's so difficult?"
"Can't you do it yourself?"
The cold voice scornfully asks.

"Don't tell me you can't even
finish such a simple task"

When sheer argument
Displaces and
Replaces
Kindly love and affection,

All that remains is
A cold heart.

20191221 1658 hr
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