Lonely Echoes Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to belong.

Watching windows dancing happily in light, no cares
or worries hanging around for the moment.

Wanting so desperately to be welcomed into a circle
of anything, instead being singled out and left
standing alone.

Wishing for a word of encouragement, a friendly
conversation, nothing happens.

Hearing the only sound - the reaping of silence.

Like an arrow piercing the center of a heart, blood
falls and no one cares, because no one is ever there.

Is there anyone else on earth who feels the pain of
loneliness or is it only the echoes of my own voice
I hear?