To feel nothing is the complete and utter loss of hope; the devastation of a void where something of value once existed; it is a vast open space, cracked and scorched before you – not a inch to lay your bare naked foot upon.
To feel nothing is to float in an endless sea of grey; to drift on a current that carries you without sensation; to hear a cosmic rush of silence so loud that it is utterly deafening.
To feel nothing is to be looked upon, but know the other sees through you, past you; recognition no longer a possibility.
To feel nothing is to exist in this world alone, yet surrounded; loved, yet insignificant; you, but not even there.
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Nina D'Arcangela
Sotet Angyal 
April 16th, 2013 at 10:48 am
I can relate to that today! Teenagers so often feel like nothing even though they are surrounded by loved ones. Hopefully my daughters feelings of nothing will fade into feeling worth everything! (and soon!)
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April 16th, 2013 at 7:27 pm
I hope your teen works through it quickly. Those are very angst ridden years, and they feel like forever when you are living them. In my 40’s now, I’m happy to say they are long behind me. All the best to you, Jana, and your daughter. If I can offer a smidgeon of unsolicited advice? Try putting a pen in her hand, that’s how I made it through those years. Books to fuel my ‘inner world’ and blank pages were I could escape being me. (reading some of my posts, I may not seem like a model example of ‘normal’ – in reality, I’m a very grounded person)
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April 16th, 2013 at 10:58 am
Beautiful Nina, just beautiful…
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April 16th, 2013 at 7:27 pm
Thank you, Julie!! Much appreciated 🙂
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April 16th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Excellent expression Nina
the reader feels this lonely nothingness
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April 16th, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Thank you, Leslie! I’m glad to know the effect didn’t fall flat. 🙂
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April 16th, 2013 at 8:56 pm
Nina, your prose “Nothing” is cold, awful, heartrending, cruel and starkly beautiful. You’ve done it yet again.
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April 16th, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Thanks, Joe! Its typical Nina emotive prose 😉
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June 4th, 2013 at 12:32 pm
hello, Nina… i’d like to click the like button three times for this and You post. isn’t there a way to do that? hehe…. hellow! 🙂
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June 5th, 2013 at 1:33 pm
LOL – petition wordpress to allow it. 😉
Thank you, saying it in a comment is worth 100 likes to me. 🙂
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June 6th, 2013 at 10:07 am
ay, WP won’t allow such, i guess. 😉
consider 100 likes each – for this and for the You post. 🙂
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June 6th, 2013 at 5:54 pm
Thank you 😀
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