Hello Loneliness

Hello Loneliness

Its been a while, but I am back again,

I thought I would never see you again,

Until death cease my love and brought me to your doorstep,

Sad to say it is separation that has brought you and I together again.

Hello Loneliness,

I hope you don’t hold a grudge against me for neglect,

Because with a love that was grand and divine as mine,

Loneliness was a sad memory casted to the back of my mind,

And now that you and I are face-to-face,

In the mirror on the wall that is the fairest of them all to reflect truth,

I apologize to you Loneliness,

Because my next vow of “till death do us part” might be unto you.

Hello Loneliness,

I can feel thy cold embrace hugging me tightest at nights,

When my thoughts go rummaging through memories,

Memories that jab at my spine like a thousand acupuncture needles,

But the liquid absorbed sheet I lay on is not blood, it’s my tears.

Hello Loneliness,

I would give eight of nine lives to you if I were a cat,

Just to see the back of you closely embrace a deserving soul,

But I am mindful of the bad thought I harbor about thee,

Because it is the breath of loneliness I feel in my face at night.

Hello Loneliness,

The only place to hide from you is in a crowd,

The very place I lease desire to be because it is filled with happy couples,

Couples whose tactileness taunts me and make me cry in public,

Then lie that there is something in my eye to cause the tear stain on my face.

Hello Loneliness,

Trains, planes or automobiles never create space between loneliness and my empty arms,

My vacation away from work is necessary, but it means spending an eternity being alone,

I don’t entertain peers anymore because their laughter and reminiscing,

Never fail to turn me into a sobbing host.

Hello Loneliness,

I harbor neither hate nor love for thee,

Because my lonely morning stroll through the woods prepares me for the day ahead,

The sad ending to the day is I must come home to loneliness,

Because this battered heart of mine won’t let me love anyone else.

By D’we 2022