Into the void I cast my soul,
My frailties and longings.
I feel the draw of endless night
And cast off my belongings.

I cast my love, that bitterness
That hangs on like a chain.
I close my eyes and throw it out,
The shackles of my pain.

The hungry void tears at my soul,
At every hurt inside.
It rips the chains that bound my heart
To every dream that died.

It draws them out and swallows up
Whatever cannot be,
Consumed inside its deathly maul
For all eternity.

And as my soul is emptied out
Of all my dreams, save one,
It clings to me with desperate strength,
Afraid of what will come.

I close my eyes and turn away
From its endearing plea,
But as it wraps around my heart,
It draws in close to me.

It whispers dreams and memories
Of love and loneliness,
The greatest joy, a life complete;
The pain of nothingness…

I sigh and think of all I gained,
Of all that I have lost.
I pull my dream back from the void
And realize the cost.

The restless void, it howls its wrath
Against this tiny mite.
And so I hold it close to me
And step into the night.