All gone,
all gone;
left blank-
blank as the minds of the dead,
empty as the minds of those dead.
Not deceased,
not detached,
not yet departed,
but still there...
always there.
Frozen,
bitter,
a cruel, inactive memento.
Endlessly useless,
forever out of reach.
A reminder of what was
and what cannot be,
a hint of what could've been
and now will never be.
An empty shell,
insides gone.
All gone,
left blank -
blank as the minds of the
dead.
Blank.

12/07/2000

Posted on 09/20/2002
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