Deep silence envelops my heart
silence that resembles an endless black abyss.
An abyss into which,
if one falls,
is lost forever.
Endlessly, steadily falling
as the sluggish heart
continues to beat dully
in the hope
that death will come soon
with the redemption
from the strained soul.
©2025, Vasiliki Papadopoulou



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