Empty Void

Within the cave of my chest,

the rib cage provides shelter, 

for something with nothing, 

a heart with a beat,

and something to beat for, 

but no one,

no one to race for, 

anxiety provokes that empty void,

as does excitement,

but without letting you in, there is no me to be let out,

no me to be acquired, 

only seen and judged,

a body,

a zombie, 

a heartless void,

until you caught my eyes,

when there was an electric current that can't be described,

only a lightning bolt or open circuit could know the feeling,

Locked in,

I'm still there,

Stationary as you move with your life,

as I do move, I don't,

I move around myself,

around you, 

the knowledge that you may or may not know me full well,

and the day when my heart becomes more than a half house for 'half way there's,

Lonely, empty, and translucent.