on a damp dark night <br />in flickering candle light <br />she counts the shadows <br /> <br />the patter of rain <br />on her windowsill disturbs <br />her concentration <br /> <br />a lonely victim <br />of old age in a fast world <br />the choice is not hers<br /><br />Sandra Martyres<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/loneliness-a-senryu-suite/
