A Loneliness Like This

He was my warmth,
He was my light,
In the darkest hours
of my darkest night.

Forsaken, stranded, and in despair.
I've never been so alone,
nor felt so scared.
Who knew that a loneliness like this,
could even exist?
A loneliness that longed
for even the companionship,
of Death's bittersweet kiss.

Yet, even in my most desperate
hours of need,
Death never came.
Even he too,
had abandoned me.
I had no hope,
I hated being alive.
Until a thought of you,
crossed my mind.
And I no longer cared, 
that I had nowhere to go.
Because I was no longer alone,
You were there.

You are my warmth,
You are my light,
and in the darkest hours
of my darkest night,
My last thoughts
are of you.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Acha Avatar
August 2, 2015 at 4:50 AM
"I've never been so alone" this reminds me of a phrase when I lost someone who was so dear to me.Your poem is just so fantastic and inspiring. Thanks
A  Avatar
August 1, 2015 at 1:30 PM
Yoshi, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. **SKAT**
Kimathi Avatar
July 29, 2015 at 10:36 AM
A very wonderful piece Yoshi. Congrats for having it featured in PS home page! ;-)
Atfield Avatar
June 5, 2015 at 2:12 PM
Good Morning Yoshi Mato : Thank you Yoshi for the visit and comment “ Interesting perspective on this write. ” and after reading your free verse poems, by the way welcome to this site, I can see that you are a well educated man . “ A Loneliness Like This ” Quite eloquent, and if this is autobiographical ???, even if it is not ???, it is such a sad saga, of what I believe to be an attempted suicide, for such a young soul !!! Sorry !!! I was about to go to another of your poems when I saw your note explaining . “ A Traveller's Sorrow ” is the essence of all human nature Yoshi Mato, none of us can escape that fact !!!, no matter, upon which part of this little blue planet, we set foot on or try to escape to . B. J. “A” 2 ( Bill . )
Smith Avatar
June 5, 2015 at 1:58 PM
A beautiful trip Yoshi....suddenly a journey without hope or meaning now had a purpose
Ray Avatar
June 5, 2015 at 12:58 PM
Darkly poetic! Great!
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