Vacuum

I seem happy, but it is loss I sense
My smile betrays a grief immense
The day is bright, but what flows through my veins is fear
Why is silence screaming into my ear

I look around searching for a familiar sight
To see you, touch you, to gain strength to fight
I see you but you face the other way
So I drop my shoulders and trudge away

I am rudderless and lost in this sea so vast
Of sadness, and ghosts of my past
Haunt me and badger my every sense
My life seems an existential pretense

I am used to having you in every step of my life
Your words would always prop me up
But I guess my only friends will be silence
Loneliness, darkness and your absence

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/17/2012 2:01:00 PM

Monoj, wow... i can feel the suction of life leaving this image... what a deep write. Thank you for sharing your deepness through poetry, take care :-) PD

Allison Ballard

Date: 10/11/2012 5:22:00 AM

Beautiful write. Really enjoyed your work. I definitely relate to this feeling.