In Nothingness Absolution

  Despair is the gravity of the mind,

  The leaden weight upon Einstein’s sheet

  It drags me down into the pit where the dragon sleeps

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  The hungry one who gnaws and bites and takes takes takes

  Until just the shell remains.

  Staring out at a world I once thought bright

  For what was lighting it was me.

  There is no light now; there are just stolen dreams.

  Memories of what could have been

  Within the box not even hope remains.

  It should not be so but it gladdens me.

  No goals, no plan, no expectations

  In aimlessness I shall not fail.

  Nought to try; it should hurt and yet

  Oblivion is a tranquil water.

  To float forever upon it a peace.