What am I without myself?
What am I without myself?
I have been discarded
Like trash into a bin
But I cannot rest
For I wonder, what am I without myself?
What makes me, me?
If not the faint and distant thoughts
The caged and free
The parts of me that can't be seen
If I let go of myself
There stands an empty shell
Devoid of all emotion and desire
A shell devoid of myself
Because what am I without myself?
What am I without memories?
Nothing...
What am I emotion?
Nothing...
What am I without the pain?
Nothing...
What am I without myself?
Not only nithing
Just a body with no one inside
Without myself I am a shell
A house with no people
A library with no books
A church without a steeple.
Without myself-
I am the little something
Within the lack of everything
Copyright © Ade Joly | Year Posted 2026
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