Addicted to Loneliness



Woke up drenched in tears
Feeling the sum of fear
Hold me close and hold me near
I don’t want to die here

Loneliness is like a drug
I’ve taken too much of
There is no cure for loneliness
Since there is never enough

What am I doing here?
Who am I supposed to be?
Why am I still here?
How am I supposed to live?

Feeling anxious as time rolls on
Try to stand my ground but times moves on
The past is what we have an abundance of
But the future is always running out

Is it socially accepted?
To burn down trees to dry my tears?
Is it socially accepted?
To tear down mountains to hide my fears?

What am I doing here?
Who am I supposed to be?
Why am I still here?
How am I supposed to live?

Everyone has the answers!
But they still get the question wrong
Everyone is doing so successfully!
But death doesn’t leave anyone behind!

About this poem

How I've and many others may have felt even before the pandemic. In all honesty, those of us who felt lonely prior to the Lockdowns. I feel we had a better handle on knowing what to expect. Its a conundrum honestly, I can surround myself with others but the feeling of not being one of the many is a constant factor. So now that everyone else was engaging in that feeling, made me feel , more connected others. It is what it is is my motivational self-speech that gets me through and this poem is a reflection on that.  

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Written on February 15, 2022

Submitted by vseymour21 on February 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abbc xdxx CECF ggdx HaHx CECF xxex
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 834
Words 185
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Vachaen Seymour

I've written poems on this site back in 2017, seems like my account has long since been disbanded. I was hoping to find some of my old work here but that's unfortunately not going to happen. Hilariously that's just like life, you die then you forget. So, it is what it is, moving on. more…

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