MAD SCIENTIST

"true scientists, do not indulge in love"

this was his belief

then she came around,

with her scraped palms and broken heart

he was nothing special,

his eyes were grey and factual

as was the rest of him

but she took his calloused hands in hers

and gave him a petaled kiss

he could feel the desperation on her lips

and his heart

began to break for her

this girl,

she was a piece of wreckage

in an unforgiving sea

so he humored her for awhile

until the scientist found it was no longer a favor,

but a desire he was fulfilling

his work began to slip,

as did his reality

she wasn't science,

but pure magic

the feeling of her skin pressed to his

was haunting

so the scientist left her

to return to the comfort of fact and logic

as for the girl,

she returned to the sea

with no heart at all

and as time passed,

she withered away

while he fell into madness

~J