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Invading Emptiness

Contest Name: 1501 Sept 2026 part 4x4'
Sponsor	Brian Strand

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How I hunger for the connection
that I always break
or fail to make.

Its absence is an emptiness
invading my personal space.

Deafening silence rings my ears
and making my head throb and ache.

Whether surrounded by people or all on my own, there's no change

Though its presence is unwelcome, it persists to overstay.

Insistent that within its grasp
is where, forever, I shall remain.

Imprisoned behind the bars
of its isolating ways.

Feeling crushed beneath the heaviness of its invisible chains.

Wheezing shallow breaths, suffocating and in pain.

Asking, telling, screaming, yelling; it just won't go away. 

Neither will it set me free nor permit me to escape.

Sentenced my whole lifetime as its intimate inmate.

Copyright © Sunshine Payne | Year Posted 2026


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Fit

We're built so very different. Yet we perfectly fit.

Like an herb rolled 'rillo, or Bruce Wayne & the Bat fit

My whole life, 'fore we met, was to make me fit.

I know you hate it when I'm bratty; pitchin a fit.

Your kisses melt me, and compel me into a lovesick fit.

I get that life's kept you busy. Is there a slot where I'll fit?

Cuz I've been burning to link up as your naughty miss fit.

Copyright © Sunshine Payne | Year Posted 2026

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Fit

We're built so very different. Yet we perfectly fit.

Like an herb rolled 'rillo, or Bruce Wayne & the Bat fit

My whole life, 'fore we met, was to make me fit.

I know you hate it when I'm bratty; pitchin a fit.

Your kisses melt me, and compel me into a lovesick fit.

I get that life's kept you busy. Is there a slot where I'll fit?

Cuz I've been burning to link up as your naughty miss fit.

Copyright © Sunshine Payne | Year Posted 2026

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