Ode To Loneliness Poem by Matthew Henning

My soul has become a well.
Deep, and dark, and
Overflowing for all to witness.
But after years of giving, and giving,
I think I'm beginning to dry up.
leave me be.

Let me retreat into the comfort,
of my stone-walled shell.
let comfortable silence,
echo through the halls of my heart.
Let me wrap myself up,
in the blankets of my thoughts.
I can watch the world age,
as clouds roll by in lazy blue skies
while I reside safely
in the castle of my mind.

My soul is a well
and my only wish
is for the deafening storm of the world
to be washed away
by quiet loneliness.