Emptiness

Bottled up behind my soul,

empty pages, invisible words.

guilty glances buried in walls,

floating aimlessly, seeping in pores.

Empty cries shudder - silent mocking,

mind tramping down desolate road.

Melting glue lets words slip off pages -

rivers of ink flowing to midnight sea,

shaking head at bare, wasted life

Claws ripping, gripping pages from life,

rudderless ideas without any center.

Pen slips from empty hands on knees,

epitaphs carved with life’s mistakes,

unseen words taunt in depleted words

as I open my hands to emptiness.