Empty Words
Shadow Poem
Empty words Which we chose to believe Empty words Never meant to deceive We brim with promises our hearts could not achieve Our true love an empty love Cleave Empty feelings Shadows from our past Empty feelings Tenderness that could not last Soon our lovers’ feast becomes famine fast A barren expanse stretching out Vast Empty heart Filled with I—I needs Empty heart Selfish desires on which the lonely feed We lost sight of each other through me-me-greed ‘I no longer want you’ Decreed Empty future Filled with new possibility Empty future Untethered from the other’s inability We recognize at last our relationship’s unviability And now we look out again Futility Empty egos What we were—never real Empty egos With the world we make our deal How can we trust again or grasp love’s appeal Our hearts stained a little more Heal