I… shut out myself

And the world

You… ignore the past

Say it won’t last

Some mistakes will not erase

Coloring all that I do and say

Empty heart and crowded mind

Won’t make it right

I… hang by a thread

Upside down

We… step off a ledge

Onto the edge

I lift my head

I clear my thoughts

And listen for words of saving grace

I’m letting go of all the skeletons I chase

We can co-exist

Living in the Crowded Emptiness