What Lonely Is
A Poem

Lonely is a wanting glance unmet, darkened secrets kept, innocent incidents as yet untold, controlled emotions, explosions, no apologies. It’s a disease, death, anguished cries. When did we decide to lie six feet apart, broken-hearted departed in mind, body, spirit? Beloved, can’t you hear it? The desperate need my silence pleads — wake up, reach out, hold onto me.
A Poem by Steph Thompson 2021
