nothingness

What is there to nothingness,
that shadow on the wall?
There’s an endless black oblivion
with a subtle siren’s call.
On the wind, and in the trees,
and on the waves that strike the shore,
it’s a foe you cannot see
but neither can ignore.
Nothingness wore away my strength,
and nothingness took my pride.
Nothingness demanded that I yield,
and though I’ve always tried…
nothingness is something
that’s not easily denied.