Solitaire

Loneliness is hollow
Something important missing
Not being whole
Unfulfilled emptiness

Voices from the past
Images of what has been
Feelings never quite forgotten
Memories echoing in my skull

Quietly unhappy
A dull constant pain
An ache in my heart
Something missing in my soul

Jealous of others' happiness
Why can't I be happy
Maybe I don't deserve it
Maybe I'm doing something wrong

A dream, a desire
The hole in my self
The missing part of my soul
Still missing

Surrounded alone
Emotionally empty
Frightened insecure
Shivering hiding

I need someone too
Someone to talk to
And to listen to
Someone to hold my hand

I need to be with someone
To kiss and cuddle with
To laugh and cry with
Someone

But I am surrounded alone
Echoing hollow grey
Aching frightened emptiness
No one to dream with