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I feel nothing. The world tells me I should feel joy, that justice should taste like freedom, but my chest is quiet — hollow, still, unsure. No happiness, no sadness, no victory. Just the silence that follows the storm. They say I’ve been heard, that I’ve been believed, but the words drift through me like a breeze through broken glass — touching everything, fixing nothing. I can’t rejoice in your pain, not like you did in mine. I can’t find peace in your punishment, because my wounds don’t close that way. I thought justice would heal me, that truth would set my heart alight. But the fire never came — only embers, soft and tired, fading beneath the weight of everything. Maybe I should feel more. Maybe one day I will. But right now, I just feel nothing — and maybe that, after all I’ve endured, is feeling enough.
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Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM UTC
I feel nothing
I feel nothing. The world tells me I should feel joy, that justice should taste like freedom, but my chest is quiet — hollow, still, unsure. No happiness, no sadness, no victory. Just the silence that follows the storm. They say I’ve been heard, that I’ve been believed, but the words drift through me like a breeze through broken glass — touching everything, fixing nothing. I can’t rejoice in your pain, not like you did in mine. I can’t find peace in your punishment, because my wounds don’t close that way. I thought justice would heal me, that truth would set my heart alight. But the fire never came — only embers, soft and tired, fading beneath the weight of everything. Maybe I should feel more. Maybe one day I will. But right now, I just feel nothing — and maybe that, after all I’ve endured, is feeling enough.
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St.helens
Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM UTC
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