Being Lonely

Numbness arrives,
unannounced, unwelcome,
no knock at the door.
On the matte of my expectations it wipes its feet.

Drowning in my sorrows
joy, happiness, serenity scatter,
like splashed droplets
in a hot frying pan.

Color fades to shades of gray.
Light dims to a faint shimmer,
casting shadows of despair
over my eyes.

As a sloth I become motionless,
without intent or direction.
Lost within myself
dead calm drains my sails.

In this overwhelming
of emptiness,
is then, I truly understand,
what it feels like, to be lonely.

Copyright © 2008 Ronald J. Edwards

nice write ron.

nice write ron.

:)

Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com

thanks anna
:)
ron

this is well written

this is well written

best poems

Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com

are written when the feeling is most present
thanks for reading and commenting
:)
ron

this poem hits

the nail on the head! Only someone who has felt this way can write with so much feeling and intensity! Excellent.

Passes

Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com

I know I am not truly alone, but there are those times even standing in a crowd that I am lonely .....
thank you postmaster for reading and commenting
ron

Ron

loneliness is tough. sometimes you can be lonely with alot of people you love, all around you.
you have expressed this perfectly. nice writing my friend.
Linda

Comes and goes

Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com

but shows up at the most inopportune moments ...
thanks for reading linda
:)
ron

148 reads?

STREWTH!!!!

?

Ronald J. Edwards
Trinity Ink
http://trinityinkexperiencestrengthandhope.blogspot.com

sorry ryan but i don't know what "strewth" means

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