left to feel

disconnected

disassociated from existence

numb and frozen

floating on

unfeeling

reaching out

but nothing’s there

nothing to hold onto

nothing to make it real

nothing but the nothing

that surrounds

and pulls

and drags

and quiets

unyielding

unending

unrelenting

lost

in the dark

fumbling

for something

that left long ago

its absence

the only thing

left to feel