Void

By D G Moody

Sat, 22 Jun 2024
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Every night I take off my skin                                              
and leave it beside my bed.                                        
In the morning, I put it on again                           
to contain the void that I dread.                                       
Inside my skin there’s nothing,                                    
just an empty hollow space,                              
while outside there is that me                                   
trying to show a happy face.                                         
What will be shall always be                             
when, at my death they’ll see                                          
there was nothing left of me                                                                                                              to then melt into empty space.

  © D G Moody 2024

(Image courtesey of Wikimedia Commons)

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You've captured something neatly here,

So sad to be afraid for others to know our real concerns and fears, though we can all share that fear to some extent. But trusted friendships so good and work both ways. The life felt must be protrayed to social media is a hard taskmaster too. Knowing God knows us through and through, and not trying to pretend to him is a good start. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

Thanks Rhiannon. The void can be at the heart of our lives, when there is no meaning outside what we can acquire in the material sense, and it sobers me to think that we take nothing of this with us at death. What was that verse 'do not store up your riches where the moths and rust can eat them' - or words to that effect.

Blessings...........Dougie

Dougie Moody

Submitted by airyfairy on

So often much of our interactions with others are performative - we do what we feel is required or wanted, and the idea of putting on a skin fits very well. A bleak vision, but sadly accurate.

Submitted by D G Moody on

Thank you Jane, and it can be such for all of us, when we lose our identity in what we become conditioned to; and it is probably a lifetimes endevour,  to find our authentic self.

Dougie

Dougie Moody

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Have you seen the movies of the Hollow Man? Could be lots of fun use your imagination! You don't have to!

"there was nothing left of me to then melt into empty space'. Well, sounds like some or other best case scenario.

Nirvana

 

Submitted by memphis on

Keep inspiring us D G Moody, Enjoyed it.

William E Alexander