Empty

Alone again within myself Emptiness with the faint sounding echo I swallow hard fighting back the tears Looking at the walls bland art deco I wish my brain used a megaphone And my heart could write a book Screaming brilliance into the night And words of all that love that was took If only my eyes were x-ray machines And could read what's on your mind Your eyes judging me endlessly Although you say your thoughts are only kind I wish my feet could change the hands of time Taking steps from present back into the past Would I write a new future? A new shadow would I cast? If only my voice spewed words of hope An ear to listen I would grasp Lips hypnotic to the eye Around your heart they would clasp I wish your arms were wrapped around me Squeezing this hallow shell Filling it with love and joy And taking me from this hell If only your hands would touch my face Bring warmth back to my cheek I feel I will blow away into dust And these, the last words I would ever speak I pray your heart is always with me Together beating as one May you never forget me And may our course never be run