the crumbling cookie

disappointments -
crowd the mind
little at first,
gradually, easier and easier,
filling the once
secure space

expectations
stop raising
their possessive heads,
they no longer feel
they own the right of belonging-ness,

fears
which want to cling,
which want to avoid
the unfamiliar unwelcome visitors,

hopes
working out
one false start after another.

and, thus life
slowly slips out

of love!