Faces of Loneliness

Loneliness makes his usual rounds As he listens to lonely hearts pound He visits the woman who's up in years And helps her dry her lonely tears Her children don't come around anymore It is always loneliness who knocks on her door He goes to the house of the little boy and knocks on the door The boy's mother is hardly ever home The scared child hides when he hears thunder roar And his tears fall on the dusty floor His heart races as the storm roams Loneliness moves on to the dwelling of an old war veteran Who lost both legs in Vietnam He has no dreams, just lonely plans Flashbacks wake him from his sleep And it makes him weep Then loneliness visits those who have no home They are the ones who are truly alone They have such a meager existence They've lost their souls, their very essence It seems they've cried out all their tears All they've left is a vacant stare And when all those lonely tears have accrued Loneliness transforms them into the river of solitude ~~ Contest name : Faces of loneliness Sponsor : Frank H.