Is Anyone There?

Loneliness fills my mind, heart yearning for help from above Waiting for the occasional visit from those you raised with love Each day passes and there is still no one there Not one person to give hope there is someone there to care A life must show some evidence of what you lived life for If only for a minute will they show up at your door. You tell yourself they love you they just have too much to do Will there come a time they might take a little time for you? Only when they want something the phone begins to ring I need your help to bail me out from an unexpected thing Will there come a time it will be turned the other way Or will this always be the end of every lonely day These thoughts came while visiting a retirement village where some of the old folks had so few visitors some none in months. My sisters and I would visit with some of them each time we saw dad before he passed. We heard some terrific stories during these visits. One gal 104 years old had the best and she brightened each time we walked in the door.