EMPTY SOUL

When I sit here and write

It feels like a part of me

Has lost the will to fight

I wonder if they can see.

My soul is empty inside

Old patterns are back to fit.

Seems all I do is hide

Will I ever make it?

Nothing has changed

Like I thought it would

Seems the feelings remain

I wish I just understood

Maybe I expected too much

I needed the distraction

The longing to touch

If only a fraction.

Hear my silent cry

In the dark of the night

I’m not ready to die

Please send me some light.

I wait for my soul to awaken

Like a breath of fresh air

In the end will I be forsaken?

Will I question if it is there.

I need your strength

Like I did in the past

Don’t let go

Make it forever last.

Calm my fears

Help me move through this

Wipe away my tears

With one simple kiss.

Filling the spare hours

To avoid it all

I use this to coward

So they can’t see me fall.

Poem Copyright © 2002 SDA

Artwork Copyright © Tom Sierak