Trudy Diane Rider Poet I do not know?

Loneliness

Loneliness

What is loneliness?
Is it the bitterness memory
of a love gone awry?
Some say loneliness is
a train whistle that cries;
the pattering of raindrops
falling softly from the sky,
Some say loneliness is
the passing of the night
sweeping shadows over the landscape
erasing familiarity from sight
Some say loneliness is
the call of the lark
singing sweetly out of tune;
a whispered goodbye from
the shadows of the moon
Is it dying lightening streaks?
Empty mountain peaks?
Or is loneliness the salty taste
of teardrops on my cheeks?

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Lary Houston July 23, 2009 at 6:38 AM WOW!! i write what i feel and i can tell you do also. what a terriffic expression of that empty, aching feeling i know so well. God be with you.Lary Houston

Daver Austin April 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM So beautiful, Trudy.....beautiful Trudy, that's you. I'm sorry about your health problems down there in Greeley. Hope things improve very soon. Your poem has so many good lines I don't have space to enumerate. Love, daver

Carolyn Devonshire February 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM Loneliness is all of these, Trudy. I believe we are more in tune with our surroundings when we want for company. Great imagery! Best wishes and thanks for sharing your gift, Carolyn

Michael Jordan February 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM Awh - This poem really hits home with me for while in Prison I tasted Loneliness 23 hrs a day - 7 days a week - for two years - Alone - I should correct that to just over a year because the second half i had the Lord with me and I was no longer alone - God Bless, MJ