Hollow

My skin pulsates with memories

Although my eyes stay shut

Flashes leak into my dreams

and sickness warms my gut

 

You tell me it will be alright

I need to work it through

My pain and ache can all be healed

Just hold on - see it through

 

But words are hollow, muted sounds

that  scatter through my head

Feasting on my empty soul;

Ceasing when I'm dead