Lonesome Girl Poem by Melissa Casteen

Alone in my heart though my friends gather 'round
I wait to be heard but they won't hear a sound

Just want to be loved, and for once be put first
I crave understanding, an unquenchable thirst

My mind is unchallenged, my spirit- it cries
Doesn't anyone notice when my smiles are lies?

I give of myself and yet naught is returned
I love, can't stop loving, even when it is spurned

I see and I grieve when another is hurt
I hold and I comfort- they always come first

When I am in need, there's no one to care
No hand to hold mine, no one to wipe away tears

I give of myself until nothing remains
but a hole in my heart, all alone through my pain

Alone in my sorrows
Alone with my fears
Alone still tomorrow
Alone through the years

Will I forever be lonesome- no mate for my soul?
I'm just waiting to blossom, afraid my heart has gone cold.