**A Hollow Wound**

A suffocating void, a gnawing ache,  

A phantom touch my bones forsake.  

Shadowed whispers claw my mind,  

Echoes of love now left behind.  

Crimson rivers, silent screams,  

A shattered soul torn at the seams.  

Sanity frays like tattered lace,  

Pain etches scars I cannot erase.  

I miss her like the dead miss breath,  

Like lovers lost to time and death.  

A hollow wound where warmth once grew,  

A grave of memories steeped in blue.  

Each night I drown in anxious cries,  

A requiem beneath blackened skies.  

The weight of loss, a brutal art,  

A dagger plunged into my heart.  

No air remains, no light, no grace,  

Only sorrow's cold embrace.  

Hope decays in lifeless eyes,  

Buried deep where mercy dies.