It terrifies me
this emptiness
consuming.

I want to reach out.
I need a connection.
I need feeling.
But fear traps me
behind the Walls
that I built to protect me.

These Walls are a prison.
I try to break free
but I am too weak.
I try to scream
but pain steals my breath.

Time goes by,
and I'm growing tired
of this lonely existence.

~Laura