Shush
Have you ever… um…
Was there something… no…
Listen…
You said — that void, you know? That void inside you try to fill…
That void, you reckon?
The blackholeness of the soul you put all those things and blings and treats into, that hungry wound, you know?
I tilt my head and… no.
I don’t.
I don’t.
You know?
And that void you talk about like everyone must know it, must have felt it…
The void…
How can… what is… like… what?
I’m sorry, I don’t get it.
You don’t believe me.
But… it’s true. I… I don’t know what that feels like because there has always been an ocean inside. And space. And sound. And voices in my head that whisper and chit-chat and scream sometimes and make funny noises and even laugh and sparkle and cry when I can’t.
And you… you think we’re the same?
You think I crave.
You think I want.
You think greed consumes me the way it consumes you?
Then… why don’t I feel it?
I’ve tried.
Oh God, I’ve tried to understand, because you’ve told me so many times, with so many faces, in so many voices —
the emptiness,
that emptiness,
that thirst,
you know,
you feel it too.
I don’t.
I don’t.
I’m SORRY.
I hide a lot. I can’t express it. There is no void — there’s too much inside.
I’m overflowing.
Sometimes I cry just to let some of it go.
Sometimes I dance when I’m alone just to let some of it out.
I write, delete, and write again, trying to make it whisper a little less.
But I’m too scared to let it out.
Or maybe it just won’t come out.
But there is
no
void.
I’ve tried to understand because of you, but see —
I can’t.
So shush.
That’s it. I don’t know how to finish this. Just… come on. You’re annoying.
Don’t rank me by your standards, m’kay?