self-absorption

self-absorption kills.

   first the heart,
   then hurt & blindness
   all around.

   the soul dims.

   & those so
   cursed die
soon.

   they never live
   to see the
   faces of
   flowers
                  whose
   blossoms close
   before they
pass.

to forgive this
   curse is co

   dependence &
   its furtherance,

denial.