I BESEECH YOU

Emptiness, envelop me

Like a cloak in deepest night.


Emptiness, come to me

Like a dark lover's secret embrace.


Emptiness, cover me

Like a funeral shroud

For within this breast lies life no more.


Emptiness, hold me

And take this pain away.


Whisk it off like old linens on a dusty bed.

Tear it away like a timid maidenhead.

Rip it away as my heart lies torn.


Oh, emptiness,

Take me within your abyss

And leave me there

Forever to drown.



Back to Poetry
Back to Main