the dreary emptiness digs deeply

plunging its gnarled talons into the

 

mind’s flesh wounding the void and

torturously leaving many a sore bruise

 

as the silent peace that once dwelled

and blossomed within each memory

 

is torridly devoured and retched out

like mangled trash and rotting refuse

 

the emptiness of epic truths and 

joys many and sorrows countless

 

reaches inside the ever-weakening

heart jabbing repeatedly at the core

 

for the insatiable emptiness feeds

off innocence so coarsely ruptured

 

hurling away eloquence and passion

craving barren loneliness ever more

 

tiredness has now overpowered the empty

mind that had crudely accepted ill emotions

 

while the truth of hope and of happiness and

joys simple are hidden in plain sight all around

 

it is now the time to shun the emptiness and chase

away niggling aches that stunted the beating heart

as it is the time to welcome the hope that resides in the

strength that only within wounded hearts may be found