Empty as a Blank Wall: a poem by Leo Hartshorn

empty

as a blank wall
as stone silence
screaming of nothingness

alone

a sea of strange faces
sideways glances
unfamiliar patterns

depressed

throwing fists at the sky
staring at blank walls
feeding on sadness for dinner

hopeless

dreams slip through cracks
around the corner another corner
frozen possibilities for winter

lost

floating in a dark universe
cut loose from moorings
without an oar or compass

empty

as a blank wall