I’m lonely <br />but I won’t ask for you to speak <br />I won’t beg for your company <br />I won’t be a bother <br />I feel the empty hole in my heart growing <br />expanding into a black abyss <br />where once laughter and happiness resided <br />And what are these words you do say <br />trivial ordinary words <br />with no depth or feeling attached <br />I hang on for more <br />wishing and hoping <br />but that’s all you give me <br />sad little fragments <br />tiny snippets of you <br />and I swear the next time <br />I won’t try <br />I won’t try so hard <br />to encourage you to open up <br />I’ll leave you be <br />and I’ll continue to be lonely.<br /><br />Tamara Daniel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lonely-219/
