Oblivion, obliteration

the vasst emptiness encompasses me.

Darkness is all I see

when the drums of life beat no more.

The pain, the loneliness

is all too much to contain.

The magnitude of life

may just wither away.

Where is the light I so 

yearn to crave?

Not here, not there.

Sheets of black around me.

I see a speck, a glimmer,

a beam of hope.

Yes, finally, may this

bleak, dull life disappear.