Without Presence there is Absence

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In the absence of light
  there is only darkness

In the absence of rain
  there is only drought

In the absence of peace
  there is only war

In the absence of love
  there is only hate

In the absence of friendship
 there is only loneliness

In the absence of vision
  there is only blindness

In the absence of sound
  there is only silence

In the absence of a mountain
  there is only a plateau

In the absence of dreams
  there is only reality

In the absence of you
  there is only emptiness

In the absence of death
  will there be ever-lasting life...


posted for Poets United
writing about absence