The Battle

The emptiness never parted
from the depths in which it was bound.
I left in search of myself
only to return, never quite found.

I prayed for the voidness
to merely be the absence of pain.
I fought to find the strength
but I fear that it never came.

When the darkness came forth
I struggled to cover the scar.
Even when I was at my best
the past never seemed far.

And when my soul had been broken
and hope purged from within,
I knew that this was the end
for it was the battle I would not win.