Empty inside, unable to cry
Unloved and alone
Life was good but it seemed to have passed me by
But yearn I do for a tender hand

A tender hand to hold
A whisper that takes me from the cold
It seems so distant, so long ago
When I felt happy and whole

I feel a wrench of my heart  to think I may never feel
The caress of arms that say they care
Alone alone i shall ever be
Alone alone i will be to my last breath I breathe

I feel the ache, the pain, and the longing strains
I’ll turn my heart to stone if it could ease the stabbing pain
A gentle caress, a soft touch
But to hope for that I do not dare

Empty, lost and confused
If I should try to fill my void, to ease my pain
Or should I learn to accept my loneliness
My emptiness, my pain.

Another hot day
The suns shining
With all its might
Just a little breeze blowing
Hot streets look like pools from afar
People working outdoors
See the sweat drip from their noses
Too hot to play
The kids are inside
Mothers games await her children
Looking forward to evening
A red sky and the sun disappearing

Lying on the floor
Pretending the ceiling didn’t just fall down
On me

Cause if you were there
I would probably have noticed
The crack

But now it’s empty
Like the egg-formed ball
On me

So if this was surreal
And that other time was reality
I wouldn’t sleep alone

And I’m pretending
The ceiling didn’t fall down
On me

Justify my oddity
Counterbalance this reality
And let me sleep alone

Don’t try to save what’s already lost
When the ceiling falls down
On me

The red bricks
And the eternal sound of rush hour outside
Reminds me that it’s better in here

In this world of subconscious confusion
Where nothing seems to be alright I see you
On me

“Don’t”, I say
Knowing that this will take me where I want to go
But still knowing it won’t

Contemplating the thought of standing up
But there’s blocked, the ceiling is resting
On me

“Strength”, you say
And save me by removing the ceiling
With just one hand

“What is all this about?”
I ask myself, and the poem stops with just one line to be written

Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Creatures,
Beings with many unique features.

Respected, loved, hated, feared,
Some bringing joy and others tears.

Mystical, powerful, ruling with might,
Too much power causes them to fight.

Protectors, destroyers, fixers and breakers,
Good, evil, givers and takers.

Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Creatures,
All beings with awesome power and unique features.

There are shadows
Everywhere.
They creep on the floors
And scale the walls.
They want an escape,
To hide in dark crevices,
Evade the light.
It hurts,
All the truths and realities
Makes it hard to see.
So they want to disappear,
Twist away
Entwined with our souls
To bury the darkness they bring.
In the black night
they hide.
But with the light, secrets
Are spilled,
Written out in the shadows.
Because when there is
Light
There are shadows.