Loneliness, Empty Spaces, Within and without, Yearning to be filled. Loneliness, Hollow caverns, Cold and damp, Deep inside […]
Isolation
I don’t need people To remember me When I’m gone. I just want Someone To notice. 12/18/18
Frightened, I flee For my life, Dismissing my manservant, Escaping into the wilderness Where our fathers wandered In […]
Disconnected, Adrift in the gray. Bright colors of life Muted by dense fog, Murmuring voices Talking around And […]
Alone Disown Dethrone Condone Left alone, virtually disowned Dethroned by the sin none could condone. 6/4/18 My first […]
Disconnected, Isolated: Alone. Solitary confinement In a crowded room. Avoiding eye contact, Yearning for a touch. Afraid of […]
I’m alone, by myself, in a crowd of people, anxiety, and suffering. 4/14-4/23/17 This poem started life as […]
Laughing in public Always a smile for the crowd A mask perfected Nobody will ever hear The wailing […]
Isolated, alone, even in a crowd. Silent, quiet, but not without something to say, Darkened corner, a solitary […]
John W. Leys 