Inherent in the act

My heart has been involved in many accidents.
Near misses, close calls and total collisions.
You asked if I knew Love...
and I don’t know if I so much as know her
as know of her.
I have offered her my front porch to check her phone more than once
before she headed a few doors down
And now I’m kicking out the other two legs of this stool I’ve sat upon for so long.
Teeter tottering on the edge of perfection.
Balancing everything and nothing.
You see the thing with vices is
the punishment is inherent in the act.