Loneliness Poems | Examples of Loneliness Poetry

We are much alone when old, after lifetimes of accompaniment, of tacit, unquestioned support and connection from our friends and peers. Must I now label as mental failing the sometime strange behaviors I exhibit? Loneliness is a consequence of long...Read the rest...

Loneliness Single fate, single food, single room Amazing lifemate, lifesaver at my noon Coming snowy old age, the afternoon I will watch the past, non-existent illusion ...Read the rest...

An owl descends from cloudy grey skies, Dropping alongside a single tear. It dares not speak to the owner - only keeping company. Quiet, solitary company. It knows what tears are – for when alone, the tears of its mother skies above are all...Read the rest...

On a cliff I stood alone A night so dark, with no place to call home The wind it howled, like a mournful sigh As I gazed out, at the darkened sky The stars above they twinkled bright But brought...Read the rest...

In shadows cast by trees that once stood tall The whispers of the past in silence dwell. Where laughter echoed, now the lost birds call, And memories, like echoes, fade to hell. The winds blow harsh, and through the...Read the rest...

I live alone. I thought it was strange. The man. Although, The middle of the night. Can be a strange time. He sleeps uncomfortably. He is a living yet ethereal person. Shh… There’s someone sleeping. Someone, but not me. I made...Read the rest...

The river flows across the mountains; Waves dancing softly on the surface. Whispers of echoes from long lost souls Carried by wind, telling stories of the past. Moonlight rains down from the sky; A Gentle glow lights up...Read the rest...

Have you ever gone through life alone Sometimes wishing you were a dog with a bone At first it is not really that bad You look back on life, remembering the good times you had Time passes on and...Read the rest...

Happiness is never being alone, or having to frown Happiness to me is being a funny clown Kids laugh and smile making life worth while Yes, that's happiness to me. my funny clown I go through life with a...Read the rest...

It’s almost laughable how often I’m found rotting inside myself. Knees curled to my chest, lungs expanding and hesitating. Sobs racking my body in violent tremors. Silent. Exhaling jagged breaths with trembling fingers. You should...Read the rest...

The dog on a string with a homeless man attached Two lonely souls where the world had detached Sleeping on the street with no fixed abode Sat on a blanket next to a busy road The dog eyes...Read the rest...

I lie down in my four-poster bed, facing the pale yellow wall. The same that I see above, behind my headboard, opposite me. I drown in the sickly pale. I dare not turn around to...Read the rest...

As my ship blows on the sea of life... I'm a man with a golden voice! And I... search for my one true love... so I can feel that underlying joy... and I can be something whole! Tears fall on...Read the rest...

I sit in stillness framed by glass the world outside dances sunlight spills like golden honey. yet within these walls I stay. regret coils..... around me tight as a noose lurking in shadows. I breathe in inhaling the vastness of the ocean's essence. I...Read the rest...

I want to belong to a hollow space, Where no one can catch my tiny lace. I want to live on my own, The space is nothing but a trace. I have found my own kingdom, The disheartened enemies have...Read the rest...