When Alone Turned Into Loneliness Poem by lola cesini

In my youth I was Alone
But did not really see
The Loneliness around me
For there was much to be

As I grew older
And wiser so they say
I was Alone, ever apart
Tho in groups I would start

In my early twenties
A child did come to me
Thus now Alone no more
For there was two of me

The years went swiftly by
The child soon was gone
Transformed into a woman
In pursuit of her own

Replaced the child of love
With the eldest of the clan
Alone was busy tending
To a shaky, wrinkled hand

With Rights of Passage
Kept urns of ashes
Were not true company
No one had need of me

Then Mother Nature tapestry
Opened her arms and welcomed me
She allowed the child within
To surface once again

It was a time to discover
While foraging thru clover
Amidst the Smoky Mountains
Down gorges rivers formed

Walking 'longside a rainbow
By a wondrous waterfall
And there was always solace
Tho still I trod Alone

The face of love then showed
Alone could still be wanted
He filled my life with beauty
And childlike merriment

A radiance newly found
Alone basked in it's glow
Giving the sun some ground
To envy me below

Days filled with dreamy sighs
Walks in the rain and casual rides
Nights of shooting stars and fireflies
Northern lights across the skies

Life clearly was a song
A melody in time
Where minstrels get their tunes
And poets gain their rhyme

So Alone began to share
The beauty that was there
When seen thru loving eyes
It seemed like paradise

Speaking words of affection
Giving love with perfection
Gaining strength from within
I even dared to dream

But as the leaves that fall
When nature beckons all
Love somehow shed it's luster
No even feigning interest

The beauty still was there
In wintry frozen sights
But with no one who cared
I could not feel delight

So Alone I was once more
But this time to the core
For the need was now in me
Desperately wanting company

Not so much to receive
The love another gives
But to have someone there
To give of me and share.