Nothing Left

Despair is closing in around me
And sinking deep into my skin
Seeping into my fragile bones

And expanding once it’s in
It fractures them and rips me apart
Fears bursting out through my eyes

I scream as my lungs give up,
Silencing my cries
Still moving my mouth silently
Longing some relief.

Grasping at my hollow chest,
It seems as if by a thief

When I reach inside, And I hear my skin tear
I realize with horror
That my heart’s no longer there.