Inside my chest I carry hollow spaces
I can feel the aching emptiness
After each breath has left me
I've tired to cover the rise and fall
With scrambled words and confused sentences
I've tried to fill the empty space but
Air and smoke never seem to stay for long
Before I can't hold them anymore
I give up and have to give them away
I've changed them forever but
They've left me with the same emptiness as before
It's funny how being empty and
Trying to be whole again hurt the same and
Even though I know I'll never quite get there
Still I keep this foolish notion in my head
I'll never again be the small child
With hope in her eyes and love in her heart
Dancing in a raging thunder storm
Nor will I look at you the way i did before or
Speak the same words twice
I'll never seek or search with as much curiosity
Nor smile with as much courage or trust
As I did before I met you
I'm a puzzle missing pieces and
A riddle missing rhymes
I'm a ghost missing her spirit and
A house with no foundation
I'm a heartbeat in a body with no pulse and
Words on the tongue of the mute
I'm a landscape in the mind of the blind and
A symphony in the ears of the deaf
I am this but nothing more
Maybe I wasn't whole to start with