[Poetry] This Little Place of Rest by Yashika Vahi

There is a hollowness within me that I hope to reach

It exists too much in the night

And the light makes it fade like a memory into my dreams

I go on without it

The day passes by

But in the night,

When I am without a heart and without a mind,

It is only my soul that meets my eyes,

There is a hollowness within me that I hope to reach,

It flows through me,

Like an eternal moment of a God’s Grace,

Bestowed on me is the hand of the warriors who

Have left the world

But not the earth,

I find them in the roots of the age old trees,

The sky that doesn’t let me belong,

The ocean that spreads through me,

Vast and wide,

I am the water and the water is all I am,

The ocean speaks to me,

There are voices we create

And there are voices that come to us,

Like faint whispers of a fate bestowed,

Oh, there is a hollowness within me I hope to reach,

In the morning, I will forget my poetry,

Drink too much coffee, blind myself through work,

But oh, this night and this silence is only mine

And I am with the Gods in this little place of rest

Before the climb.

Yashika Vahi is an author and poet of 11 books spanning YA fiction, fantasy, tragic plays, dark academia and poetry. She’s very passionate about speaking on teenagers’ mental health through her work. She loves making sudden travel plans and going on random adventures. She’s mad about coffee, books, and solo trips.