Empty
2017-07-11John Mortola
LonelinessReflection

Empty

Emptiness shouldn't feel like this.

It should have no sensation;

yet today it feels like hunger.

A dull clawing call to fill

its gaping—gnawing--

Lonely Space.

So I eat,

And hate,

And cover the pain of feeling

empty—and---HUMAN.

Inspiration / Author Note

We all have our ways of coping with pain. Since I was 7 or 8, mine has been eating. Maybe I mistook the gnawing sensation for hunger. Lately I do that less. Perhaps I'm feeling empty less often.