So Essential Is Love Poem by Sandra Feldman

Solitude and Loneliness
The Void,
Go hand in hand,
A love that never was
A dream that never came
A lifetime of loneliness,
A terrible vital strain
Like living in vain.

Lovelessness,
So bad!
So very sad,
The Nenufar
Or white water Lily
As it is better known,
Also floats alone,
Impalpable and intangible,
Without, a love of its own,
And Intimates,
The power of sadness
For it too, feels
Endless loneliness.
As it flows,
In search of a love,
It has never known.