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On Embracing Emptiness



statue of a boy in a park looking at the fountain

There was a boy, on a bench in a park.

Sitting like a statue in bronze, his eyes glazed with a spark.

And he stared and stared with emptiness in his heart.

Although there were plenty to make a start.


He could have kicked from his feet, when the ball rolled.

He could have smiled when she looked back that pretty girl,

when she strolled.

He could have spoken, shout or sing, nobody kept him on hold.

And I embraced the emptiness he shared without any words.



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Embracing Emptiness - Winter Version.


The boy kept his poise

hope in his frozen eyes

While the wind battered the park

with a cover of downy flakes of ice

I hear them mutter away

The passers by in dismay

What a tragedy, they sighed

Couldn't complaint they had no time

Tomorrow I will be there for you

I promised myself

To embrace the emptiness

again and again in silence


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