Hollow With Water
Hollow
Stay to be filled
We can help
To fill with drudgery and voids
To fill with poison and blank pages
that we said was a love letter
I wasn’t before, perhaps a little more
So now. Hollow that is, furrowed brow.
Confused by what has come to pass.
Confused by what didn’t last.
Even relationships that were meant to be forever.
Even biological mother didn’t want our family together.
Sure there were situations extenuating
But choosing chemicals over us is still deeply penetrating.
Not to mention lost love, the ones we go out to find.
Not to mention others when I was young who tried to break my mind.
Hollow
Stay to be filled
We can help
To fill with drudgery and voids
To fill with poison and blank pages
that we said was a love letter
Hollow, yes, I might be that
Empty, but there is a purpose to
Emptiness when you are sat
In a place where water can flow through.
The parts of life that picked at me deep
Are things in my heart that I keep.
Because there are lessons to learn
From the times that I burned.
And if I can pass only some of it on
At least I can have a little joy earned.
Copyright © Jonathan J. | Year Posted 2022
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