Empty Hole

Searching I ran through life
I didn't know what I was searching for
but I kept searching
unable to find it
I had this empty hole in my heart
I wanted to fill it
twisting through all the lies and deceit
I discovered who my friends were and who were my enemies
parents and counselors tried to help me
but they didn't understand
nobody understood
I had to do this on my own
I tried many things that I believed would help
I smoked my lungs into black oblivion
I drunk myself unconscious
twisted my mind and body with drugs
I tried to fill that black hole with love from others
but it wasn't true love
nothing worked
even my mind turned against me
saying to give up the search for truth
but my heart wouldn't let me
I was wasting away
until I came across a small black book
my mind said to forget it
but my heart said differently
I picked it up and read it
the book told of love
of love greater than a mother could give her only child
of love stronger than seven twines of rope
of love more pure than the whitest lily
it told of a God and His only Son
who died so He could share all of eternity with me
tears streamed down my face
as I finally understood
I had found what I was looking for
and I believed
then I felt a power like nothing I had ever felt before
the hole in my heart was filled