Reaching

Feelings of nothingness surround me,

emptiness fades into sorrow.

No light on my face breaking shadows,

releasing meaningless desires.

My tears are all that I have in my eyes,

no vision to see what is to come.

Falling jaded to love under fire,

seeking only for a sign.

So much sadness inflowing my heart,

sinking deeper into what was left.

Nothing befalling my reasons for living,

knowing only what loneliness brings.

Walls are falling down all around me,

my heart breaks in this silence portrayed.

What have I done to make this my way,

I can’t see a way out of this light.





Johnny Newell