It greeted me with love... though love was absent
It greeted me with death... I lie in this casket
It greeted me with darkness... so I am the light
I fell in love with emptiness... blind to sight
I've lost my self... It fell in love
It floats in the sea... its spirit is above
I tried to rescue it... reel it in and set sail
But I was casting trust bait into a sea of betrayal
With every bite that would vibrate my line of sight
None would reel in... with all my might
So I was greeted with darkness... I am the light
I fell in love with emptiness... blind to sight
Emptiness invades me... love betrayed me
But how can I rebuke the very thing that made me?
I fell in love in love with an empty place
But when emptiness prevails... my heart is safe

-Jon Chambers

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