Emptiness

There is a feeling inside my heart that's hard to explain

A hole, an empty void

whose presence I feel strongly

Having nothing can hurt deeply

It's a feeling that pricks

and doesn't stop pricking

where will you run?

to failure, guilt, and hurt?

The emptiness will follow like a shadow

sometimes you'll use words to let it all out

other times everything will go numb

But the feeling of emptiness stays

silently screaming

asking to be filled

you ask how

it says figure it out

the cycle is exhausting 

so you quietly close your eyes

hoping to escape from it all for awhile

after all tomorrow is another day

and the sun might shine.