Inoculate with love the self, <br />And pain will immolate; <br />And multiply by ten- besides- <br />The longing you'd abate. <br /> <br />Sever all the hearts are true, <br />And leave them hanging there <br />As admonition, for the rest- <br />That love is built- on air-<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/inoculate/