My life is an empty sack
Deflated without any stuffing
A shapeless void, wrinkled and black

Some lone traveler forgot to pack
This sad and sorry bag of nothing
My life is an empty sack

You gave me love, I'd give it back
But my heart is skilled only at sloughing
A shapeless void, wrinkled and black

A doorless, windowless shoddy shack,
If only mystery, promises something
My life is an empty sack

If only the fastest had fallen back
Or god approved that womb becoming
A shapeless void, wrinkled and black

Search for support and find only slack
The light in my eyes is only bluffing
My life is an empty sack
A shapeless void, wrinkled and black

© Averil Sperry