Eternal Loneliness Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

There is an eternal loneliness inside, gnawing it's
way, finding and filling every empty place and hiding.

Melancholic music surrounds a mind, taunting, teasing,
spelling out many rhymes.

Feeling deserted and alone, listening to music,
finding a way back home.

Words are found wandering around, choosing only those
wanting to be used in poems.

Sadness envelopes my mind even more as my inner self
submerges itself beneath ethereal notes.

Getting lost within and finding beauty held there,
trapped, only able to come out through poetry.

Life from outside crushes, smothers, turns me upside
down, looking in from clear glass windows, seeing
reality for what it is.

There is nothing in life, it has no hold on me, so
falling deeply within, I let go of it, knowing it
will not matter to anyone, least of all to me.