Decay
We all know the ache.
The hollowness
A pang sharpened
By distance.
The cavity deepens
The void widens
Clinging, Grasping, Suffocating
Self-perpetuated by exhaustion
Loneliness consumes,
Digests us all.
The whole world
Is steeped in it.
The most painful
Human experience
We all endure
Alone.
Author: Anna Riek
Anna Riek is a rising junior with majors in Organization and Strategic Management and German at Washington University in St Louis. Since she could walk, Anna has been skiing, backpacking and fly fishing in the mountains around Bozeman, sharing her desire to work to solve the climate crisis.