thelonely1
I wrote this for you my friend



My every waking day is lonely

No friends I have to name

Every day the same thing

Everything the same.



I did not choose this lifestyle

I crave to change my way

But life is so damn empty

What day is it now today?



The keys in my head that lock my mind

Play loudly in my head

They clank and jingle as they lock out the world

And make all human contact dead.



I will only conquer solitude,

If I open up the door

And show the world in full.

What I was like before.



I must cast aside my fragile thoughts

Of pain, hurt, and rejection

And canvas hard and meet the crowd

And try to win election.



Friends won’t always defeat loneliness

They won’t always be around

But if I like myself, and walk alone

My feet are, firmly on the ground.



I must cast off this cloak of isolation

And go out and venture boldly

Smile at my own insecurities,

And treat remoteness coldly.



I’m only alone if I choose to be

I must remind my mind of that

Today I’ll be a different man

And wear a different hat.



If I close my eyes and imagine a life

I can invent my life from thoughts

I can be anything I want to be

With a pay check full of noughts.



I’m the master of my destiny

The captain of my ship

I will see loneliness as temporary

As just a little blip.



I am only lonely if I choose to be

This mantra will set me free

And when people choose not to interact

I will smile knowing the rejection was not from me.



I will hurt no more from solitude

And now treat it as my friend

Because I know for sure.

I like myself, and I’m not as lonely as before.



I will beat this trap I have fallen in

Come Winter Spring or Fall

And I will spend my life just listening

To other lonely people: when they call.



David
ps. Use the key and unlock your mind, and the world will seem less obscure.