There was an old saying that used to always slip through my mind from time to time
And although I can’t remember it now,
I can remember what I used to see when I thought about it -
But then I’d be lying.

That’s not a good way to begin a conversation
Is it?
Lying. Such a fickle thing.

My thoughts are always flowing, always surrounding me
As they translate into things around me -
Materialize
And I etch my fingers across it,
But there’s nothing there.

An empty vase is not a metaphor
For a heart without love completing it
For flowers
Can do damage
Their thorns against the pure glass.
Just like empty thoughts and verses
Can damage the human soul
My soul
A singular soul

& simply dissipate
Into the vastness of the void
Empty and no less barren.