Ablation

Absence fills the air, a hollow maelstrom

Unfettered to draw within
Succumb as you are
Surrounded by these unfamiliar winds

Is this really happening?
I can't believe my eyes
For years now, or so it seems
I thought it couldn't be done

Ablation: removal of all
A bottomless hunger unsatiated
The harvest carries on
We're reduced to a memory

There's no one left
No reason to wish to return
Witness a measureless emptiness
Like nothing that has come before

Plummet through the endless vacancy

Can you still feel anguish
When removed from it all?

Abandon what you've become
There's no place for it here
Embrace the devastation and
Leave the rest behind