Chemical Uncertainty of Love

And the physiological notion of loss.

English and Biology

How to write the pathology of an emotion?

Endorphins release in a series of reactions.

A heart beat responding to an electrical stimulus

Crossing the synapse of the reoccuring thought

That this is love.

Adrenaline is pumping, 

Palms sweaty, as neurons transmit against hope.

Dopamine, once flooding against the gradient of doubt

Now loses it's strength and certainty falters.

Serotonin diffuses into the membrane

Breaking the containment holding it all in,

While Acetylcholine ruptures the dam

And sodium chloride meets water leaving trails down a cheek.

Norepinephrine struggles to retain it's hold,

And we lose ourselves to chemical induced impulses

that leave us questioning our naivety, again.

The science of love, leaves us shaking though sobs,

Glycogen has broken apart, 

And fear our hearts might do the same,

Till nothing is left but the acid in our muscles,

Silently consuming us with fatigue 

And a purveying sense of rejection. 

Author's Note

If my chemistry/physiology doesn't metaphorically meet proper function, I apologize.

Reviews

[John Ryan]

Very nice piece, i thoroughly enjoyed it.
keep on writing