227. Emptiness

I woke up to find emptiness waiting for me
It waits for me each day and never does mind.
I find it smiling at me as it takes out its hand
To shake with mine promising never to leave my side.

Emptiness is so real and compassionate
It allows me to weep on its shoulders .
Filling up the vacant space left in my heart
And I realize emptiness is truly empty.

It has robbed away my real happiness
It has left me and my heart more empty.
Pull me out it clutches before I sink
This Emptiness has truly emptied me 

By Binita Jha