Unholy Revival

One word 
Brings it all 
Back to life. 

Not dead, 
Not buried, 
Not forsaken, 
Not forgotten. 
Restraint strained. 
Strength of feeling, 
Strength of desire, 
Both strangers 
To the concept 
Diminish. 

Failure, fallacy, 
Enveloped in cloth. 
Protection so flimsy, 
It cannot keep out 
What remains 
Embedded 
Integral 
Entrenched. 

A heavy-weighted glove 
To the gut 
Steals breath. 
What cannot be 
Still tries. 
Tries and tests, 
Pokes and prods 
For weak spots. 

All the spots are weak.