caved

There’s this cave I found

On the edge of a cliffside

Empty enough

To fall straight off

The yawning entrance

Lets out a spider

And flecks of dirt

But nothing else

Save the sunken sound

Of its ancient plea

A beating, lasting,

Dying inquiry

If I'm empty how can I ever

Fall

And do I exist

At all

Have I ever

Never, never, never

Let me hurt

I can’t feel the flames

Let me want

I can’t see the other side

This gaping open hole

What’s supposed to be in it?

I’ve never seen

Open, empty, left

An abandoned lost hope

It's alone

As it always was