Void by Stephanie Eberly

She reached for a hand

That wasn’t there.

She looked into eyes

That weren’t staring back.

She leaned in for a kiss

That would never come.

She laughed at a joke

That was never said.

She brushed hair out of a face

That wasn’t there.

She felt a hole in her heart

That would never be filled.

That aching of once was

But will never again be.