The nothing 

there’s a parasite 
that slips inside the mind 
found on every corner 
even in the water 

it attacks at night 
leaves you non-responsive inside 
if it reaches the heart 
you’re gonna be a goner 

it’s the nothing 
it doesn’t have a “y” 
it’s something 
that eats up our lives 

the nothing 
taking up our time 
shitting out money 
leaving you dead inside 

the children 
instinctively know 
something’s disturbing 
but they don’t know how 

to fight it 
they try to block it out 
there’s only twenty of them 
against the adults 

the nothing 
sucks on their dreams 
closing minds 
with their deepest fears

there’s a few 
that try to resist 
called behavioral problems 
we apply a greater force