Web of Loneliness Poems

Poems of the Lonely

Tag Archives: emptiness

What the Day Said

As we began our journey the sun shone brightly. My companions: the rusty remains of my trusty bike And the emptiness that filled me. The bike took me where it would. Sailing down winding streets past a patchwork of houses. Racing through the town where the music lived. Then, it was off to the sea. [...]

Loud Silence

What can I do when the silence sets in So deafening I can hear my heart beat Its more frightening than it has ever been Once again I retreat     From life, filled with shame and a tear Needing a hug a friendly face, a smile Needing someone near Even if it’s only for [...]

Without

Niser 11 How can nothingness fill you up so much, if it is nothing  then you should feel nothing. Yet some how I feel it, it is a constant pain through out my body a constant dull hollowness that is with me even in my happy times. An overwhelming sense of solitude. I haven’t asked [...]

My Neighbor’s Window

By Jeanne Dakota Reaching through shadows from a large elm tree, the bright sunlight spotlights my neighbor’s upstairs window. The white window pane glows against dark blue asphalt tile siding. I don’t usually notice this window from my home across the street. Most days it fades into the woods around it. The whimsical white lace [...]

The Dog

I am not English, But lost in an English country, I use it to express myself…, Express, I don’t know how, Or worse, I don’t know what, Or even this Can this be expressed, Since emptiness is inexpressible in words, So my clumsiness is evermore symbolic. Lost from myself, my roots, my youth, my culture, [...]

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