Blinded By Lonely Abandonment Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Floundering in an endless sea, wondering whether or not I
should succumb to it's undertow and let it carry me away
to a distant shore on the next horizon.

At times being filled with such sadness and sorrow that
it cannot be contained within this frail human mind and
body.

Memories drowning me in their intensity of past good things
that I no longer have access to.

Pulling my heartstrings, ripping my heart, tears suddenly
filling my eyes and spilling out upon the floor of my soul.

Being blinded by the lonely abandonment I have been left
with, not knowing which way to turn anymore.

Wanting only to isolate my being from the rest of the world,
hide in my room, closing the door on life once and for all.