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Here I sit alone in my ‘prison cell’
Cut off from the ones I love – it is a living hell
I feel so alone, I crave human contact, anyone would be great
Just someone to talk to - it doesn’t have to be a mate

Splendid isolation between these four walls
Scared to venture out my room in case an intruder calls
I lock my door every time I leave
In case someone comes to take what little I have to thieve

There is no one here to share my fears
No one to hold my hand or wipe away my tears
The ones I love are far from me
No one to listen to my plea

I need to be brave to soldier on
In a few days we will be gone
Back to the home from where we came
Until then I play the waiting game

This is my first poem since childhood,  written  when my husband was undergoing cancer surgery in November 2013. I felt so isolated and also very vulnerable in the hospital accommodation which was a flat that had 4 lockable bedrooms and a shared kitchen but was shared by both men and women

I had my laptop and my phone .. but what I really needed was  someone to be there at my side. My son had just started university and had enough stress being away from home especially with his father being ill. My father prevented me from telling my mum of my husband's cancer so I had no support at all from my immediate family.

15th Feb 2014
Submitted to Loneliness Contest Sponsored by Nayda Ivette Negron
Submitted to A Meaningful Poem - Poetry Contest Sponsored by Constance La France

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