Hollowed Abode

There's an echo with every step
A reverberation of my hearbeat
My breathing bounces back to me

My mind cries out for a different response
A sound not of my own design
But a hollow home, is all I see

Gutted, emptied, disappeared signs
A foreign territory from two years ago
When love ruled with a flourish

Now vacant and deslote of life
Devoid of meaning when alone
There is nothing left to nourish

Stark rooms and accusing stares
Adorn the photos still hanging
As they mock what once existed

All too aware I wander endlessly
A prayer and a hope all I'm left with
No...not here yet, through a window so misted

I"ll keep watching through ever
For what once filled this place with heaven
Your essence strong enough for all

Will you be back to make this house a home
Or am I destined to haunt eternally
For I will not give up, my spirit will never fall