Absolution

I know now how it feels,
To be trapped forever in a void.
However loud you scream, no one's listening,
There is not a soul around.

I cry out in anguish,
Trying to break the walls with my bare hands.
Then suddenly realize that it's no good,
The only thing that falls to the ground is my blood.

I see shadows overhead,
Circling and jeering me.
I try to run and hide somewhere,
Not knowing darkness is their ally.

I am but a shadow myself now,
Tired of running from the pain and my past.
So I stop and wait for the end to come.
I have reached my destination, at last.

Now there is an absolution, a realisation.
That nothing's permanent except pain and loss.
All the smiles and laughter around me are fake.
People just cannot shatter the illusion, that's all.