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Another poem about loneliness

I’m so lonesome I could cry
Cry for the pup lost from the pack
He’s gotta find comfort in winter

I’m so lonesome feeling disconnected
Cold comfort, but bees have a hive
Everything is interconnected

I’m so lonesome like Pluto
But, the dwarf has moons to comfort
Loneliness stretches space and time

I’m so lonesome tv is a cheap comfort
It’s a Platonic shadow play anyway
Better to stare at the wall

I’m so lonesome I’m proud of it
Let go of tribal feasts and embrace GrubHub
Stretch family ties across the globe

I’m so lonesome because of tech
Amazon will deliver and there is Zoom
But, I miss the days by the campfire

I’m so lonesome like Mars
The god of war needs a moon
I tell him he’s a moon to the sun

I’m so lonesome I cannot see
The invisible ties that bind 
I remember I am blind to love

I’m so lonesome I cannot feel
The skin needs an epidermis to hold
Yet I touch grass and my cats

I’m so lonesome death needs comfort
It calls to me for a spot of tea
I see you everywhere holding a mug

I’m so lonesome it’s lost meaning
The voices in my head are giving up
Finally, I can be a lone wolf

I’m so lonely when no love is home
What about those who wait for no one?
There the day and night keep us

Copyright © Triny Xiang | Year Posted 2024

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Smita Kulkarni Date: 4/30/2024 3:36:00 PM An eye-opening poetry, Triny! I read it multiple times to grasp it. "I'm so lonesome, it's lost meaning. The voices in my head are giving up", very powerful lines. Seems like you have started understanding the meaning of this life. Login to Reply Triny Xiang Date: 4/30/2024 6:29:00 PM I'm humbled by your estimation of me. Giving loneliness a morsel of sweets, I find a brief respite from its incessant hunger. Giving it room full of alphabets, it finds me a poem however penurious. Thank you.

Karen Croft Date: 4/30/2024 11:56:00 AM Sometimes when I'm alone I feel deep loneliness then other times when I'm alone I feel calm and peace because I have no one around I can think. Trulely I don't think we are ever alone there is always somewhere out there watching over us, thinking about us, somebody always has us on their minds. Login to Reply Triny Xiang Date: 4/30/2024 6:24:00 PM Thank you, Karen. Yes, I do believe no one is truly alone, not as a kind euphemism, but as a reality we are too blinded to see. I think that makes loneliness bearable that we are blind to a greater truth.

Hilda Greenhough Date: 4/30/2024 6:29:00 AM It's sad to be lonely. Your poem held my heart to the last line, "What about those who wait for no one? There the day and night keep us". Though the poem is sad, for me, it gave a safe, cocoon atmosphere. Login to Reply Triny Xiang Date: 4/30/2024 6:22:00 PM Sometimes I look at a weed growing in the crack of the pavement and wonder how it deals with loneliness. It seems like the day and night are enough comfort.

Charlotte Puddifoot Date: 4/29/2024 2:55:00 PM feeling alone in a crowded room..i'm captivated by the gritty reality of your writing, and i can relate to it...thanks for your commentary on my work Login to Reply Triny Xiang Date: 4/29/2024 5:23:00 PM Thank you for relating to my maudlin efforts. Like love, loneliness is a subject every animal knows, but not well. Oh to be vegetation happy by themselves. The honor is mine to read your poems.

Jay Narain Date: 4/29/2024 9:36:00 AM Love this loneliness blues. Specially like theis stanza,"I’m so lonesome because of tech Amazon will deliver and there is Zoom But, I miss the days by the campfire". A real life loneliness in modern world. Login to Reply Triny Xiang Date: 4/29/2024 5:26:00 PM Thanks, Jay. In a time of unprecedented wealth in human history, loneliness and depression are also bountiful. It's hard to return to a life of simplicity when all your relations are crowded in a teepee laughing at the bitter cold where no Amazon truck will reach.