The Void

I passed you in the hall at school
Your eyes met mine
You never looked back
I smiled inwardly
I liked that about you
Never looking back at your problems
All you ever spoke of was the future
Future, it sounds strange flowing from my lips
I pulled out my cell
Ran my thumb over you picture
It smiles back before becoming blurry
My face feels wet
I try to ignore the ache in my chest
A whisper, my name
Echoes through the hall
I turn around expecting you
Nothing…..
Only empty cold linoleum and brick
The bell screams through vacant halls
I don’t hear it
Or notice the restless sea of bodies entering
I don’t feel the brush of uniforms
Or the breeze from passing persons
I’m stranded
Dead to reality, the world
Like you, but I breathe
Absent of your presence
Awakening in the vacant abyss
This barren loneliness
The void…….