Love Poem: Empty Space
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Written by: Jennifer Wallace

Empty Space

THERE YOU ARE SO FILLED WITH AIR,
I FEEL YOU EVERYWHERE,
YOUR STINGS OF EMPTINESS,
ALL BECAUSE OF MY CLUMSINESS,
I GAVE YOU TENDER LOVE AND CARE,
OFFERED YOU A SEAT IN THE BOSSES CHAIR,
NO MATTER WHAT I’VE DONE,
YOU STILL KICK MY HEART,
THERE YOU ARE IN THAT ONE SPOT,
MY HEART IS INCOMPLETE,
I DON’T KNOW HOW I LIVE,
EVERY TIME I THINK OF MY HEART I REMEMBER YOU’RE THERE,
I SIT AND STARE,
YOU’RE NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY SPACE,
AN EMPTY SPACE OF PAIN,
THOUGH YOU ONLY LOOK IN A MIRROR IN VAIN,
YOU’VE KEPT ME HOOKED TO THIS BALL AND CHAIN,
THEN LEFT ME OUT IN THE RAIN
WHEN LOVE LEFT YOU REMAINED IN ITS PLACE,
LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE STAYING,
GUESS THERE’S NO TIME TO WASTE,
I’LL JUST KEEP PRAYING,
FOR NOW YOU’LL BE AS YOU ARE HERE,
MAYBE YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE,
YOU’LL JUST BE AN ANNOYING AND PAINFUL...EMPTY SPACE.