Emptiness

I love thou more than oxygen, 

I love thou more than water, 

I love thou more than sleep.

But still, you don't want to coax love from me,

You nibble love from 

Someone else.

Why true love is not reciprocated 

And

Why true love is not accepted, 

I asked my emptiness?

Listening to my questions,

When emptiness smiled 

And wheedled to love those 

Who loved to come for me,

I confidently winked at oxygen, 

Water and sleep.