The Nothing

 The nothing 

there’s a parasite 

that slips inside the mind 

found on every corner 

even in the water 

it attacks at night 

leaves you non-responsive inside 

if it reaches the heart 

you’re gonna be a goner 

it’s the nothing 

it doesn’t have a “y” 

it’s something 

that eats up our lives 

the nothing 

taking up our time 

shitting out money 

leaving you dead inside 

the children 

instinctively know 

something’s disturbing 

but they don’t know how 

to fight it 

they try to block it out 

there’s only twenty of them 

against the adults 

the nothing 

sucks on their dreams 

closing minds 

with their deepest fears

there’s a few 

that try to resist 

called behavioral problems 

we apply a greater force