Knowledge equals pain
cold fear surging through my veins
I am dancing with my ghosts
just a shell of myself
waiting for something
something long gone
something out of my reach
the wind howls in the halls of my heart
but I don’t feel its anguish
void of all emotion I linger here
in this vast empty space
hollow and purposeless
lost in the emptiness
a devastating loss
I try to fill it with memories
but they only mask my deep despair
and now the return of pain
as I spiral downwards again
into the waiting darkness
my eyes always drawn to the corner
to the chair that sits alone
and magnifies my pain
grief is all-consuming
© Ann Bagnall
Annie's Poetry 