Can You Share A Poem About Love? Poem by Denis Martindale

At the Creative Writing Circle that evening,
The poetry's main theme was about love.
We began writing down our thoughts as usual.
Within minutes, I had finished my poem,
Then came the waiting for the others...
I started editing and corrected a few lines,
So I thought I was OK with the new poem.
I changed the title to a different girl's name.
That seemed to make the poetry better this time.
When it came to my turn, I read out the words,
I put a bit of acting into the poem's presentation.
When finished, I looked around at the others,
Each was smiling away in response to my poetry.
After a while, all the poems had been heard.
I guess I'll never know if my poem was the best.
The class ended, I left the College and walked home.
There was nobody there at home to meet me...
And now, when completely alone... I wept...
The reality of my loneliness was overwhelming.
There are over six billion people on the planet Earth
And yet... nobody loved me... Absolutely nobody...


Denis Martindale March 2017.