Hopelessness Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

I don’t want to go there
Where shadows are full of fear
The emptiness swallows you whole
Light is no more but memories of life past
The heart is but an empty cocoon
Void of all the memories of all that is good
The empty shell is stuck on a pitiless moment
Where life has no meaning
But pain spikes the heart nonstop
Exposing the hopelessness in you
The deserted shell of your eyes
Has lost the shine
Only blackness persist
Protruding beyond reach
Hopelessness