The world is lonely while they cry for help and
they reach their hands up.
In words, in books, in paintings,
they portray their loneliness hidden or blatant.
But even that isn't enough to highlight
the lowlights of our lives
It's in our blood, it's in our veins, our bones,
it's in the cigarettes that we smoke.
Which fills the air and wails out loud,
screaming a symphony of isolation.
It's hidden in the corners of the cities,
hidden in the tall green grass of the countryside
It's everywhere you look, in famous words,
in ancient books.
It fills your mind, it takes you hold, it's in the tiniest key hole,
but enough.
It's enough to spark a burning fire, to long for another's touch,
to feel desire
From another human being,
to share in what is the only thing worth keeping
Human company. We long, we dream, we scream for it,
and we hope it favors us too.
It's overwhelming, it makes me, it makes me long
like so many others
We are not alone in our loneliness
and what a queer thought that is
“Wir können uns einreden, dass wir mit einem Buch nicht allein sind, wie wir uns einreden können, dass wir mit einem Menschen nicht allein sind.”
Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 10:20 AM UTC
The world is lonely while they cry for help and
they reach their hands up.
In words, in books, in paintings,
they portray their loneliness hidden or blatant.
But even that isn't enough to highlight
the lowlights of our lives
It's in our blood, it's in our veins, our bones,
it's in the cigarettes that we smoke.
Which fills the air and wails out loud,
screaming a symphony of isolation.
It's hidden in the corners of the cities,
hidden in the tall green grass of the countryside
It's everywhere you look, in famous words,
in ancient books.
It fills your mind, it takes you hold, it's in the tiniest key hole,
but enough.
It's enough to spark a burning fire, to long for another's touch,
to feel desire
From another human being,
to share in what is the only thing worth keeping
Human company. We long, we dream, we scream for it,
and we hope it favors us too.
It's overwhelming, it makes me, it makes me long
like so many others
We are not alone in our loneliness
and what a queer thought that is
“Wir können uns einreden, dass wir mit einem Buch nicht allein sind, wie wir uns einreden können, dass wir mit einem Menschen nicht allein sind.”
© Amara Pendergraft 2013
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