“Where Emptiness Lives”
(Thomas Entrican, 11/05/2022)
When flowers die they go to seed
But no one really knows
Where sunlight goes when it recedes
Why pain like a river flows
The point at which the bitterness
Takes root inside the heart
Or why the spark of happiness
Dies as quickly as it starts
And as I gaze at the abyss
That is within my heart
I find this is where emptiness lives
Where light returns to dark
Only the heart can know the pain
For all the love that dies
Refusing to ever beat again
When it loses the spark of life
Forever has no meaning now
Except for bitter tears
All the cracks from broken vows
Grow larger through the years
No matter how much you forgive
The darkness never fades
In a heart where emptiness lives
And the sharpness of its blades