Empty Fill Poem by Sonya Florentino

Empty Fill

Rating: 5.0


With the passing of the years
Does it disappear
The hunger I feel
I’m tired of this burning
Searing pangs of empty

Tired of waiting for nothing to come true
Wasting time waiting for nothing from you

With the passing of time does it heal
The wound in my heart
From when you accidentally touched
And burned me in the dark

One night, one sweet sweet night
A long long time ago

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rakesh Bedi 28 October 2009

no sonya, emptiness does not Disappear even after the best of efforts (i too have experienced it...) .... it seems to be the silent beckoning by the Almighty to tread towards Him...try it dear, to see it for yourself....

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Kesav Easwaran 28 October 2009

this is hot and arousing...how could you bring out this much sensation in the end in an otherwise harmless looking write? ...lovely and clever...10

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Ency Bearis 28 October 2009

a beautiful thoughts and desire still burning...and never forgotten....

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Susan Jarvis 28 October 2009

The paradoxical title is wonderful andthe poem is littered with pain, remorse and heartfelt regret - exactly the sort of love poem I can readily relate to! S :)

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Nikunj Sharma 30 October 2009

stimulating and sensational..... nice title as well. you captured the pain and longing perfectly well here.......... keep wrting and sharing Sonya

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Ray Schreiber 28 November 2009

very nice...that no mans land...falling in and out, empty and full...history so hot it's memory smolders beneath the ashes of today, keeping the promise of heat alive. Many long term relationships know this song. well written - thank you

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Leila Florentino 24 November 2009

hey sis, i shared this on tweeter and facebook. you're so talented! kisses! L ;)

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Lillian Thomas 09 November 2009

I like this one, I think the rhyme works better than some of your rhymed poems, and I have read it several times and can't quite figure out why. Usually when rhyme are put on the ends of irregular length lines and the pattern of rhyming is an irregular pattern, or non-pattern, I don't care for it. But this one simply works for me. I thought the pain was love-sickness and for this the healing is just time, I guess. Nothing at all like the pain in the other poem, in my opinion.

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R. H. Peat 08 November 2009

A strong poem; but a bit too many 'of's' for my liking. You show the loss and the innocence but you don't offer the reader the revelation that one can actually heal themselves. I like your other poem on the same subject better because it does offer the concept of moving beyond what was done through a healing process. This is a very difficult kind of poem to write. a poet friend RH Peat

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Lorenzo Costigliolo 05 November 2009

Starting with a poignant oxymoron, you relate more in what you don't say than some have said in volumes. Impressive, succinct - leaves the same feeling as if you had revealed all.

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Sonya Florentino

Sonya Florentino

Manila, Philippines (residing NYC)
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