ALONE

Look out there
At the absolute darkness.
Not a glimmer of light.
And the silence
Not a sound
Listen close
Can you hear anything?
Is that laughter?
No, it is a sound mirage.
Wanting so badly to hear something
Anything
That the mind plays tricks.
It is like this blackness
This void of light
Out towards the horizon
The eye wants to believe there is light
There
But there is not.
There is nothing.
For I left all behind.
Time and time again.
Leaving things behind
Is something I’ve become good at doing.
Let me send a little tendril of motion
To create a wave of thought
And let this wave
Lap upon their distant shore.
Let it be a feeler
To see if they remember me there
If they would like to again
See my smile
Hear my voice.
I listen
And watch.
No response.
Well, I didn’t think there would be.
There hasn’t been one in a long time.
Just thought I would try again.
So now alone again,
In the silence,
In the dark,
Too dark to see into my eyes.
And what would you see?
Tears?
No, they were gone long ago.
Now they’re just empty holes
Of darkness.
Nothing left now.

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