Hollow
Navigators, Searchers, Explorers are we all...
So few have been guided.
Bystanders, Strays, Lost are we all...
Again, so few have been guided.
As we endlessly walk this state of being
There is only life, death, sorrow, struggle, happiness occasionally,
and the ever present Hollow--
The Void, spherical in shape
which resides within us all.
The Greater Light is the only thing that can fill it, and quell it,
that can encompass the Sphere, and conquer it.
But one must have passed many tests to be worthy of it.
One must have struggled with Demons, and defeated Yourself.
Made yourself as a child, and subdued the Ego.
But the Void is not so easily filled, or fooled...
Long have I known of its presence
Depriving even the greatest moments of true joy,
leaving only the lacking feeling.
And so we all seek desperately to suffice the Hollow.
These means--permiscuity, debauchery, evil, tempting...
tantalizing, righteous, self-righteous, generous, caring--
All try, but fail; they only place a fragile placebo in the Sphere
which disintegrates with time.
I know, though, how it can be filled, and it is at my fingertips.
I can achieve the Greater Light, which will construct a new Sphere
solid, undaunted, unwavering, that will fill the Void, the Hollow,
and leave me in a state of endless bliss.
But first I must tell others, show the way, and watch them conquer it.
And when my journey is accomplished, I will seek the Light.
Even now, I feel I've come close. This new sphere is not quite
the right size.
But it can grow.
I have tasted, and glimpsed, and felt--just out of reach--
the Hollow-quenching power that She posesses.
I want to take the Mad Farmers' advice, and lie with Her in the fields,
my head in her lap,
and feel the Void choke on this new Sphere.
Savor the ephemeral thoughts of the heart,
and hold the moment forever, or for Eternity.
But only the Greater Light can give me that.
Will She Fill The Hollow?
Bo Clark, 2005
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