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
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