Thursday, October 9, 2008

That Void



That void is there you know, that hole…
That perpetual pain that eats away

Like rats nibbling on dreams
abandoned to the silence

Like forgotten wedding photographs
in lifeless, lonely corners

Like spent matches and wooden pegs
beside a white, wood oven

Like embers that never moved an inch
from beneath the blackened cauldron

Like books and toys and Christmas lights
in musty, dusty, drawers

Like the echoes of humanity
in a house with great acoustics