Despair

~Despair~
Black as a starless sky…endlessly empty…
Infinite, no longer possessing a beginning nor end.
Despair smells as the charred, burned flesh of
Human bones after the fire is long extinguished.
Feel this pain as it relentlessly sears and brands
The soul as one open, seeping, festering wound.
The sounds of a thousand screaming voices
As soldiers lay dying on unknown lands ~
This is the sound of despair.
And, you hear it drumming as you choke
On the bitter taste of bile
As your soul begs for
sustenance.