Ben Burton Poet Rhyme

Alone

Alone
© Ben Burton 11-24-2014

I wish I weren't alone
I wish I could atone
If only I had known
How time is so soon gone

Watching my four-legged friend get run down by a car
Drinking at a never-ending string of nameless bars
Drifting aimlessly while seeing others make their marks
Letting go the only one who ever held my heart

I always felt alone
And played the game all wrong
My self-fulfilling tome
The final page unfolds

I observe without incentive, without motive, will, or drive
Gazing as the real world in slow motion passes by
But for this deep depression there's no part of me alive
Survival seems afflictive when compared with suicide

Can't face life all alone
It's time to move along
Will hymns or prayers or songs
Help sanctify these bones

If I am grieved it will not be by anyone I know
I once had several human friends, but years have severed those
I harbor no self pity though my words may not seem so
If I could have one final wish, I'd wish I weren't alone

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