Alone:
without anyone or anything else, separated, isolated.
Lonely:
feeling an emotional response to lack of companionship.
They tell me I look lonely.
I tell them I'm not.
They point out the fact that I'm sitting in a corner with a 5-yard radius of open floor.
"Yes," I say, "Isn't it lovely?"
They tell me I can't be happy when I'm alone.
I ask if they'd like to place a wager on that statement.
Confused, they walk away.
Now I'm alone.
Now I'm happy.
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014 at 11:37 PM UTC
the house next door makes me
sad.
both man and wife rise early and
go to work.
they arrive home in early evening.
they have a young boy and a girl.
by 9 p.m. all the lights in the house
are out.
the next morning both man and
wife rise early again and go to
work.
they return in early evening.
By 9 p.m. all the lights are
out.
the house next door makes me
sad.
the people are nice people, I
like them.
but I feel them drowning.
and I can't save them.
they are surviving.
they are not
homeless.
but the price is
terrible.
sometimes during the day
I will look at the house
and the house will look at
me
and the house will
weep, yes, it does, I
feel it.
Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 3:33 PM UTC
where a song would be played
and a friend would jump up
and say Hey? Remember when...
except the songs in my head
are not symphonies
they're not even solos
just discordant notes
after uncoordinated notes
and reminds me
I have to tune my guitar
the one that will never play
a melody again
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014 at 3:18 PM UTC