Have You Ever Felt So Lonely Poem by Francis Duggan

Have you ever felt so lonely as you fought to fight back the tears
When you thought of friends and family members that you had not seen for years
Some of them with life's departed and in the flesh never more to see
Often times our fondest memories can feel sad as sad can be

Have you ever felt so lonely that you've felt life is scarce worthwhile
And to all others you seemed grumpy when to them you could not bring yourself to smile
As you replied to their greetings with a sour faced hello
It is hard when you feel lonely and time has become your foe

Your biological clock is ticking many decades past your prime
But some sad comfort in your memories of for you a happier time
But life goes on around you and you feel lonely on your own
With none to share with you the memories of the good times you have known

The happy days of the past becomes a memory of a time forever gone
And though you are feeling sad and lonely life around you does go on
Out there in the sunlit park-land children laugh as they play ball
Years from now they will have the memories of their life's happy moments to recall

Have you ever felt so lonely that the tears you fought to choke
In the company of others when you could not laugh at a joke
There are many others like you who feel lonely every day
Who cling to the comfort they find in their old memories in decay.