Falling Out

originally published in "Poetry & Prose" section of All Things Girl

(part of the "Falling" edition -  October 2004)

i've begun to think
that falling out of love
is easier
than falling in
ever was

the actual
falling out
the realization
that
the love simply seems
to have fallen
away

it's soul wrenching
that moment
when animosity is
forgotten
and the reality hits
that where once
was love
is only
tolerance

for when you
fall out of love
there isn't hate
but more
of an emptiness

hate is too strong
of an emotion
and
too close
to the love

falling out
is a nothing
an existence
merely

leaving a longing
for the moments of love
and the memories
of how beautiful
the falling in
was.

 © DSmouse 2004