A Lonely Man

He lives on his own Far away from life In a sheltered glen Since he lost his wife Nothing can replace The previous years that he had It was timeless and loving He now lives alone and sad Surrounded by emptiness Just like his heart His family is now nature Life at sixty, his new start In a run down bothy On the Cairngorms, above Aviemore The Scottish countryside consoles him His heart now a lonely sore Everyday when he awakes He thinks of his dear wife Out of the window he looks Out there is his life He lives of the land The best he can Sometimes he heads into town A lost looking man The years have passed by He still lives on his own His loss finally accepted Into his lonliness, he has grown http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/loss-2.php