EMPTINESS BLEEDS!!

The silence lingers a little longer; even between the noises I feel its whisper pulling me through. The hollow is deepening— waves of emptiness rise, and I am drowning. nothing has meaning. peace is a distant illusion. the emptiness is bleeding into me. How do I escape it? How can I be a saint and still feel void? Beauty I have sought. Affirmation I have received, yet the void only widened. Love I pursued, and the most charming of all I found, yet my hunger only increased. Reputation I chased; honor was laid at my feet, and still my soul was empty. Friends I gathered, the loveliest among them, yet loneliness still stayed. Help I have sought from the wisest and the most passionate of them all— voices full of insight, hands eager to heal— yet even their words could not fill the ache