the heart of a true cynic

detached
impenetrable
cold
scarred
unyielding
incompassionate
dark
bitter

yet therein betwixt the mangled knots of pain
the gnarled thicket of remorse

is
love.
an elusive figment
fancifully conceivable
visible
but out of reach
immaterializable
undeliverable

apologetic

vacant
return to sender.