Love Poem: Illness of the World
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Written by: Joe Dimino

Illness of the World

In my heart
and in the heart of all men
is a commonality,

a shared Eden

(and shared disconnect
living outside the relationship)

But, clearly, the fall
was never up nor down,
as love
is always a falling into
and never away from…

Answers?

I have learned best
to keep silent

for lies can be deadly
at the least
a long parting,
and the way back
less truth
and more endurance,

Now, knowing
and yet painfully
separated….