Lonely Poem by Tamara DanielCarter

I’m lonely
but I won’t ask for you to speak
I won’t beg for your company
I won’t be a bother
I feel the empty hole in my heart growing
expanding into a black abyss
where once laughter and happiness resided
And what are these words you do say
trivial ordinary words
with no depth or feeling attached
I hang on for more
wishing and hoping
but that’s all you give me
sad little fragments
tiny snippets of you
and I swear the next time
I won’t try
I won’t try so hard
to encourage you to open up
I’ll leave you be
and I’ll continue to be lonely.