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 The satisfaction I searched for has not been given.