I remember people telling me

My emotions would return

That the numbness I felt

Would resolve itself

And I shouldn’t

Be too concerned

But I knew

Right from the off

That it was the end for me

My well had run dry

And I’d said goodbye

To who I used to be

So although now

I may joke

To those same people

About how

I am ‘dead inside’

I’ve never been more certain

Of its truth

And from that

There’s nowhere to hide

---

Tributary

The love
I once
had to
give

Ran so
deep
and
wide

But now,
it seems,
the river
is dry

As I’m
all but
dead
inside

(Originally Posted 03.04.2020)