DARKENED STARS

Have you felt the emptiness that burrows deep within as if nothingness were made of hot lava scorching right through a weakening chest?

Or stumbled upon those sleepless nights that have you wishing you were just something of a play scribbled across a meaningless fling?

Have you ever had to push down that crushing sea of emotions so by nightfall you’d have a litter, a drag of hefty souvenirs to succumb to at last?

Or ever cried your soul out against the crows of a darkened night as your tears darkened for a heart too strong for its own mind?

Have you, fallen on your knees, dragging in your filth, begging for a tad bit of affection, just a graze to remind you of the idea of sanity?

Or sat in that brimming tab for days, soaking with the hope that you’d finally drift off and drown as you whispered a silent prayer for some unfamiliar warmth?