Deep inside me,
There’s a fire
Waiting to be unleashed.
I can feel the heat
From every flame,
But when I reach out…
It’s gone.
Like a ghost in the shadows,
It evades my every grasp.
I feel the void it leaves behind
Like an open wound.
I keep searching,
Keep reaching…
But it isn’t there.
And now I have discovered
It’s much worse
Than I thought.
It’s only now I realize
Why I can’t find the source.
It’s not just that it’s missing –
It’s far more than that.
The reason I can’t find it is…
I don’t know what it is.
This poem was originally written August 4, 2015.