A Sense of Emptiness

With cares of life replete For survival he must compete He against all the world His life unfurled Then like foetus he curled In hopelessness complete At length solutions found The relief was intense, profound The removal of stress From constriction - egress With freedom’s caress A life back on solid ground And so began progress He experienced success on success But with all goals achieved Of nothing bereaved Then with hubris conceived His purpose became less and less With all challenge ending For him now no more contending Had it all no less With nothing to stress But a new hopelessness Sense of emptiness bleak, unending 8 January 2018 For Broken Wings contest: Rhyme Me a Poem