Nirvana
The tears of Empathy
quench the thirsty stones
of the desolate mind
of the withered creature
called Loneliness.
Loneliness, hesitant,
starts to lick the saline liquid
First of the smallest pebbles
A droplet of Hope is seeping through
the cracked surface,
as suddenly Greed arrives
Greed overwhelms Loneliness,
makes its fibers swell
until they explode
Pleasant streams
of comforting Silence mingled
with calm Serenity
Ending in a total Nothing
NIRVANA
Loneliness -- Gabrielle Gaulin
Greed -- Gabrielle Gaulin
"Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed." -- Thomas Harris, "The Silence of the Lambs"
