LONELINESS IS SUCH A CRIPPLING DISEASE
A DESPERATION WHICH NOUGHT WILL APEASE
A DEEP DARK FEELING DEEP IN THE SOUL
YOUR BODY TRAPPED IN A DEEP DARK HOLE
HANDS BOUND AND BODY SO TIGHT
NOT EVEN ABLE TO PUT UP A FIGHT
A DEEP DARK PLACE, ALL EXITS BARRED
TO MANY YEARS OF BEING SCARRED
TO END IT ALL WOULD BRING SUCH RELIEF
SO UTTERLY BOUND BY AWFUL GRIEF
NO LIGHT IN A TUNNEL SO LONG AND BLACK
TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD WITH NO WAY BACK
FEELING SO DEAD, SO STILL, SO INATE
HOPING TOMORROW THE THOUGHTS WILL ABAIT
WISHING AND HOPING AGAINST ALL ODDS
FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN, STATUES OF GODS
HURTING, CRYING, SCREAMING IN PAIN
WONDERING IF YOU ARE GONE INSANE
GIVE ME SOME SOLACE AND LET MY EYES CLOSE
AND WHEN I AWAKE NO LONGER FROZE
PLEASE LORD IF YOU’RE REALLY THERE
HELP ME PASS THIS BURDEN SO BARE
TAKE THE WEIGHT FROM MY SHOULDERS TIGHT
AND GUIDE ME TOWARDS A DAY SO BRIGHT
GIVE ME HOPE AND GIVE ME LIGHT
TO RAGE AGAINST THE DYING NIGHT
AND I WILL TY TO STAY SO STRONG
AND HELP TO SING ANOTHER SONG……..
I have something I just discovered called avoidant personality disorder and it makes me feel very much the way you describe. I’m terrified of being around other people and it’s lonely all the time.
so deep. I can relate….so deep. so deep. so deep.
I’ve been following you for quite some time and every time I read your posts I’m impressed with your ability to write such good poetry. You capture such emotion in this piece and your word choice is wonderful. You have a steady rhyme scheme and you’re very good at rhyming in general. There is some repetition but it’s meant to be there. The poem clearly has a beginning, middle, and end, and even a conflict resolution, which is very difficult to do well, and yet you do it. You are a great poet.