From Emptiness To Nothingness

I stepped through the door in to emptiness Empty rooms all around, empty nothingness Even the cobwebs appeared to be empty Dust everywhere, yet no footsteps showed As I walked across the darkened room. Dust swirls started dancing all around me To the point that I couldn’t see in front of me Yet I seemed to know where I was going Each room I stepped into seemed emptier Walls were on the verge of collapse all around Windows broken in various stages What was that? Something scurried away No light to see, not even a ray of sun Again another empty room, even more so Then the others I had passed through before. Suddenly, a glowing light paused before me Across the empty room, against the wall. It hovered with nothing above it or below it It hung like that for an eternity, then was gone As if, I imagined, it never existed. Perhaps it was my imagination playing tricks But no! I believe that it was the soul of the house Finally finding its’ way to escape the darkness While I! not realizing that I was to take its’ place As the house in its despair seemed to close in on me.