A Place I Can't Go

There's a hole in this room
like the vastness of empty space.
Sucking us in and drowning us out.
A vacuum.

You scream over the blackness
that it will be alright
as you exit through the ceiling.
And I can't see you anymore

as I cling to the carpet
begging not to leave.
I dig my being into it like a lifeline
because I don't want to go where you are.