Hollow

It felt like there was something missing.
Something wasn't right
I wasn't complete
When I walked past crowds, saw the faces of others, they seemed distant.
Or was it me, who was distant?








But then  the snow fell
White blanketed the city
The hollowness inside me, it began to resonate
In the white of the snow
In the muffled crunch of my footsteps
In the city silenced by the cold
I heard a heart
And I felt the whisper of a soul
Just a taste of such familiarity
It was so compelling
I fell
To my knees
And wept

That was when I realised
What I was missing
Where I was broken

It was you

You
All along
The frost seeped through my gloves
And I remembered
These belonged to you, once
I kept digging
Searching through your transparent grave
I searched for the remnants
My mind painted the colours
Of my memories
Onto the canvas of snow
They were you
All you
Until the numbness turned to pain
And the pain turned to grief
Until my pain was written before me

When I remembered
It was you

Please
Come back
To me