the search.

i searched
i tore apart an empty heart
to look
to find
something of worth in this life
something worth the climb

and what I found
oh, what I found
shook my very soul
meaningless?
just nothingness?
a message dark as coal

is there nothing
but vapors
wind that can be chased
but never caught
changed
but never erased

is there nothing new
under the sun?
in this vast and varied
earthy ball
that we spin on?

can nothing be done?
what can be found
to change this bitter viewpoint?
other opinions seem to me
few and far between

but i'll never stop
in this search
for i know that there is hope
it exists
i've seen it before
and it has left me
wanting more
and now i'll never stop
no, never stop

{inspired partially by the book of Ecclesiastes}