POETRY

Loneliness

Loneliness is a rainy night

Light gleaming from the puddles

On the tidy and bare street

Haven’t colours entered our lives …

Loneliness leaves a bitter taste

In the mouth, in the mind

It makes you feel that

It’s spicier if you are a foreigner

Loneliness knows a lot of songs

All so belong to you,

All you want to share so much

And you know no one will understand

You had known loneliness

But now it’s harder to deal with

Can’t visit your sister for some tea

Or join your parents’ weekend arguments

Loneliness is a black and white picture

Blues dances yearning

April 2019