Anguish

Anguish, shatters the spirit,
despondence and chaos reign.

The body moves in a robotic fashion
carrying out the necessities of life,
while the soul, screams in silent agony.
Work, home, nothing carries any meaning.

Life is a never-ending nightmare
of unfathomable days that seem to go on forever.

Only sleep seems to ease the distress
and that only lasts for a few hours.

Though even in sleep,
the dreams carry an abyss of nothingness.
The dreams meander,
wandering aimlessly without direction
where nothing is real.

Each day is another measure
of how insignificant a human being can be,
and how nothing can ever be enough.

Beleaguered, with eyes dry of worthless tears
shed over ignorance.

Haunted by mistakes,
and yet no one sees the imperfection on the surface,
only the soul is torn asunder.