Old lament

Oh illusion!

Where did you go?

Why did you leave me emptiness?

I feel nothing

Not even a peep

A hollow echo

Resonates within me

Without barriers

Sound travels in silence

Infinitely expands

Into nothingness

I feel within me

A cloudy day

Like an old man

Reading the newspaper

Watching the children

Heading to school

Without any nostalgia

For the time that has passed

Just present

In the present moment

Between the gray time

The unnecessary newspaper

The fullness of childhood

And the emptiness of the end.