Hollow

Insides diminished,
Standing at the starting line,
Not looking back, heading for the finish,
Spilling what's already half empty,
Can't bleed,
there's not much left,
It's covered under the layers of dust,
Afraid to leave the dark,
Afraid to step away
from the pieces left of a broken heart,
Resting on the ground,
Tethered down,
Broken shards melting in flames,
Watching the edges of the flames sway in the wind, watching ghosts slip away,
Hollow eyes, hollow head,
Color fading from the walking dead,
Beauty becomes the beast,
Under diamond skin & pearl teeth,
Heart burnt out,
Filled with coal,
Head full of doubts,
Heartless, chest with a hollow hole,
The jewel of a tarnished crown,
The jewel thief stole,
Falling down, bursting into burning coal & ash & embers to rekindle back to whole.