pain.
that is what I am.
drifting in a sea of nothingness,
pain inflicted upon my physical body.

deprived.
that is what I feel.
robbed of my position, of my place,
of my people, and of my power.

nothing.
that is who I am.
in the end,
aren’t we all?

love.
the very thing I loathe.
the emotion that creates so much,
but destroys even more.

whispers escape her dry lips
her words hung in the air
“When sadness was the sea,
You taught me how to swim,”
she said.
but you let me drown.

darkness.
that is all you will ever see
when you look in my eyes.
because you have robbed me
of the light
i once had.

or are my eyes reflecting,
refracting,
peering into
your soul?
for all there ever was
was darkness.