Emptiness

A time not so pleasant in the life of an individual. This is how many feel, especially in today's society, wanting to escape from reality by any means possible, is this really the answer, you decide. Many have use this as their door to reality, but is it? You decide.

Emptiness

Why is there no end

No end to this emptiness

I feel?

A .357 lies upon his lap

Five empty chambers

And one…

Is this the answer

Thoughts of his life

Race through his clouded mind

His accomplishments are not many

Why must he go on

Just to prove to them

Right or

Wrong?

His mind is clouded

He thinks about raising

The pistol to his temple

To clear the clogged chamber

Frozen in time

His hand gripping

Tightly around the cold

Pistol grips

I can’t even accomplish

Such a small task

What disaster

I kneel down

The pistol slips out of my hand

And falls to the floor

My face buried in my hands

As I sob

Now I realize my life

                                                          Shall never again be the same…