The Darkness of Emptiness

The small achievements that once felt so big
now seem like failures.
The excitement that once drove life
the urge to gain, to move ahead
has faded somewhere,
lost in disappointment.

No clear purpose is visible anymore.
Work goes on,
but it feels like a mountain pressing down.
Sometimes I wonder
is this just an excuse to escape life?

The very thing I never feared,
yet kept chasing all along.
The old habits have lost their taste,
the ones I once believed
would bring fulfillment.

Now, the darkness of emptiness
feels more honest
than the glitter of the world.
When the layers of illusion were pierced,
I realized how much time
was wasted trying to complete myself
when in truth,
I was never incomplete at all.