they told him 'nothing lasts forever'
so nothing's what he left to find
he filled his heart with quiet cobwebs
and pushed the thoughts out of his mind
dropped all the things that ever hurt him
then dropped the things he cared for too
for they say 'nothing's worth the pain'
and pain was all he ever knew
he picked bouquets of silence
wore the shadows as a coat
then used their inky darkness
when on the empty air he wrote
'my whole life i've chases nothing
for it i have nothing to show
i've got nothing in my heart
and there is nothing that i know
but i'd give everything for something that could erase what i'd been told
for emptiness is the heaviest thing
i've ever had to hold
-e.h
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Touch the Sky
Poetryfor anyone who has ever been told to get their heads out of the clouds.
