Friday, August 16, 2024

Lost

This hollow space within,  
Those words- trapped inside,
Yearning to break free,  
But Silence- it grips me,
Holding tight,  
And then fear whispers softly,
yet it's not there.  

Life stretches out,
a path unseen,  
No map, no stars to guide the way,  
I crave space- for a breath to take,  
But not the cold touch- of solitude.  

The world spins on,
and I- I stand still,  
Afraid to miss the dance of life,  
Lost in the in-between,  
Where I want to belong,
but not disappear.


I write

I write— when silence grows too loud to bear, when thought becomes a knot I cannot untangle. I do not always know what I think, but the pen ...