**I wrote this poem based off of the song “Hollow” by Stray Kids.**

I’ve just kept running forward

Without paying any

Attention,

Too many distractions,

Too much tension.

I’m stuck here

And it’s just as if

Something had drawn me

Up to this point.

In life,

I’ve done so much,

I’ve checked off

So many things

On my bucket list,

Accomplished so much,

Yet somehow,

I still can’t be

Satisfied.

If my

Desperate, hollow cry

Was heard,

Someone,

Please,

Fill my heart

And quench my thirst.

_Trying_

_To find a way_

_Out…_

_I repeat,_

_And fail_

_Again…_

_Stuck questioning life,_

_Stuck in the strife_

_Without an answer…_

No matter what they tell me,

No words are ever

Enough

To satisfy

The hollowness inside.

I’m begging you,

Please,

Save me,

Fill me up

‘Cause

_I can’t take it,_

_No more!_

I embrace everything

Bright and warm,

And run,

But why

Do I

Feel

Hollow?

Loneliness

Haunts me,

Takes over me,

No matter where I am,

No matter who I’m with,

I’m alone.

_Is it because_

_The more alone I am,_

_ The more I need love?_

Even if I

Force myself

To satisfy,

There’s always a part of me

Asking “why?”

_I’m so…_

_Hollow, _

_Hollow, _

_Hollow…_

_Empty inside…_

_Hollow, _

_Hollow,_

_Hollow…_

_My heart died…_

_Hollow,_

_Hollow,_

_Hollow…_

_A hole burnt in my heart…_

Even if I

Force myself

To satisfy,

No matter how hard

I try…

_I’m so…_

I’ve lately been feeling

More flat

Than sharp,

A lack of

Harmony

In _my_ song…

_Dull._

With my style,

Which I once thought

To be bright,

I’ve built my career

In a stack,

High enough,

Now all I see

Is black.

_Hall of Fame…_

I worked so hard,

Yet it’s still

Far away,

Maybe chasing fame

Led me astray…

_A shinin’ star,_

_Behind it,_

_The world_

_Is all in black._

I’ve got eyes

That focus on the

Minus

Over the

Plus,

Never noticing

Life’s light,

Just the

Hollow darkness.

_This way of life,_

_All this strife,_

_Isn’t it_

_Repeating pointlessly?_

Nothing is going right

For me,

I feel deflated.

Everything is painful,

Even things that used to

Fill me up

Leave me hollow.

Hollow inside,

Hollow soul,

Hollow heart,

Someone,

_Anyone_,

Fill my heart

And quench my thirst.

_Trying_

_To fill myself up…_

_I repeat_

_My immature mistakes…_

_Still,_

_I’m here_

_Without an answer…_

No words

Are ever enough

To get me through

When the going

Gets rough.

I’m begging you,

On my knees

With desperate eyes,

I whisper,

“Please…

_I can’t take it no more!_”

I embrace

Everything

And run

From the past,

Leaving my soul with it,

Yet I still wonder

Why

Do I

Feel

Hollow?

Loneliness

Haunts me

No matter where I am,

It won’t leave me be.

_Is it because_

_The more alone I am,_

_The more I need _

_Love?_

Even if I

Force myself

To satisfy,

I can’t seem to

Find my soul,

And myself.

_I’m so…_

The moon

Is hiding in the clouds,

A night

Without light,

A shell of a person

Without a soul.

A heart

Without a name,

That’s mine…

_Hollow._

It feels like I’m

Wandering

Through the sky,

Wandering

Without purpose.

I embrace everything

And run,

Leaving so much

Behind me,

I’m sure it’s

For the best,

But why

Do I

Feel

Hollow?

I have

People who love me, yet

Loneliness

Haunts me,

No matter where I am,

I’m alone.

_Always alone…_

__

_Is it because_

_The more alone I am,_

_The more I need_

_Love?_

Even if I

Force myself to

Satisfy

My hollowness

In solitude,

I’m so…

_Hollow,_

_Hollow,_

_Hollow…_

__

_Broken_

_And alone…_

__

_Hollow,_

_Hollow,_

_Hollow…_

__

_Emotionally dead…_

__

_Hollow,_

_Hollow,_

_Hollow…_

__

_A broken_

_Moral compass…_

Even if I

Force myself to

Satisfy,

I’m so—

_Hollow._