Kenopsia
kenopsia, n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet — a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds — an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs. (By The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows)
¿What place did you use to frequent? ¿School? ¿The playground? ¿Your heart?
I see the sky, not a single cloud.
Sky blue sky ¿but where’s the sun?
It left, I am alone
It’s bright light he left an orphan in the firmament
I look at my house, every speck, every particle in it’s place
I see my home, no one comes to see me
¿Did someone die?
A sarcophagus; not empty, incomplete
Maybe different, it’s guts are rumbling
Mine are too
Buried, under an empty sky ¿what’s it’s color worth anymore?
An alive in a dead home
I miss it, it won’t return
A stranger may pass by, at least to ask for something
¿Directions? ¿A favor? ¿A laugh?
I see the room, the entrance hall
I, the recepcionist, waiting patiently
Lights are changing, bright colors
Speakers singing, ghosts are dancing
I don’t force it, I could never
I don’t invite them, they wouldn’t come
Everything so accommodated the way they like it
Everything scented with the usual fragrances
I love it, but it’s a shame…
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