Prescription

You shall not find solace
in the marble laws of Man.
Self-help programs
will not dispel the emptiness.
Sex alone will not prevail.
The constructs of religion
will not abide your dreams.
God is a disinterested third party
waiting to be approached,
not caring if he is or isn't.
Submit to the vacuum
of your heart at four a.m.
Surrender to the void
that only love can fill.
Drink deeply; hold tight.
Dawn must come.
  - mce