THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF LONELINESS <br /> <br />There are many kinds of Loneliness- <br />There is the Loneliness of not being understood even by one- <br />There is the Loneliness of having been rejected by a loved one - <br />There is the Loneliness of simply having no one to speak with- <br />There is the Loneliness of having no one to help or be helped by- <br />There is the Loneliness that pains so much one wants to die- <br />There is the Loneliness one can bear and the Loneliness one believes one cannot bear- <br />There is the Loneliness that is Hopelessness and Shame and Endless Self- Condemnation- <br />There is the Loneliness of all saying ‘Yes’ and one knowing ‘No’- <br />There is the Loneliness of having to stand alone against the Enemy having been abandoned by one's friends- <br /> <br />There is the Loneliness that one knows one will get out of <br />And the Loneliness one can try to get out of, <br />And the Loneliness one knows will never get out of- <br /> <br />There are many kinds of Loneliness <br />More kinds of Loneliness than I can ever catalogue- <br /> <br />My Loneliness and your Loneliness and our Loneliness <br />And the Loneliness no one can name <br />And all are afraid of –<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-are-many-kinds-of-loneliness/
