By Pete Sloman <pete.sloman@bristol.ac.uk>
Date: 18 August 1997

Apathy

I sit alone,
In darkness.
I feel so empty,
Inside.
The pain I feel,
Never ending.
End it now,
Please end it now. 

Bereft of joy.
Full of pain.
Awake all night.
Despairing.
Longing for love,
But it's left me.

Oblivion, end my torment.
Oblivion, please take me away.
My life, my love, has come to nothing.
Please, take me away.
I can't stand to live this life.
Please, take me away. 

To feel nothing at all,
Endless black.
No more pain, no more tears.
Embrace me,
Oblivion.