Empty.



Emptiness is but a wordYet it reached out to touch meHeld me in its grasp and  enfolding me entirely,Showed me true lonelinessI never knew what I was missingAll that my world consisted of,   was work and sleepI never questioned, never doubtedNot even to wonder what lay outsideI forced myself to concentrateAnd prioritize my activitiesDoing what was best for society,Forget what was best for myselfI did not matter, the world didFor the world, I worked and toiled,  I suffered and enduredOnly for it all to amount to nothingI will not be remembered for my sacrificesAnd in the end, I realized the truthMy life was filled with emptinessI sought to fill it with work,which gave me nothing in returnAnd so it continues to enfold meWrapping me in what I, myself, createdFor the emptiness, is my own doingcredit toatdeviantart.com