The Void in You

With decomposing irises

You looked me dead in the eyes

And I saw everything I needed to

When I saw nothing at all

The windows of your soul,

Blue curtains drawn apart,

Lead to an overwhelming emptiness

The same kind I suddenly felt within me

As panic seeped into my being

That’s the point when I started

To catch on, to catch cold

An encroaching illness, a fever

Creeping up

Synching up

With my unwilling suspicion

I can’t believe

I believed someone

Who was lying

On their deathbed

Trying to bury me in their place