Dark Emptiness

Am standing on the edge of a cliff,

seeing nothing but a vast emptiness.

I struggle to move back and put a grip

on reality and on who I am.

My eyes shine with the tears unshed.

I work to keep my smile in place.

I wonder if it's just me,

or has my world really stopped revolving.

Life goes on as it has always been,

but I'm still here, quite motionless.

I feel the darkness all around me,

pushing me, over the edge.

My heart has a huge gaping hole.

My mind is still so frozen cold.

I feel myself slipping away,

falling under the dark emptiness.

I try to cling to my last thread of hope,

but it tears under the growing weight.

I'm unable to accept that all the doors

have closed leaving me to stray.

My life has lost all its meaning.

And the hurt is still not ceasing.

I look back at what I used to be,

and wonder if that was ever me.