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Empty
November 11, 2012
Empty;
Even the word is too full for its definition.
Hollow;
Even the letter “O” has an inside.
Alone;
Even the letters accompany each other.
There is no explanation for the feeling.
Some say you feel shattered, but even the left over pieces have some substance to them.
Some say you feel abandoned, but even in abandonment you still have memories.
Some say you feel nothing, but even nothing is a word and a word is something.
The best, the only way to describe how I feel is what follows the colon, what is left below these words:
© Daniel R., Cicero, IL
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