Left Standing Alone
How badly I want it.
Maybe it’s this time of year
Maybe it’s my own conjuring,
My own extrapolation
My own imagined solitude.
But it’s eating me from the inside out
Devouring its way through my heart
My head
My soul.
We see it on TV;
We hear it in songs,
Read it in books.
We watch it walk through the park
Hand in hand.
Our world, it revolves around it.
There’s no escaping
Not that anyone would want to, though.
Legend has it
It will make or break you.
It will leave you breathless or
It will leave you broken.
All I know is
In its absence, I feel a little empty.
A little left out
Left behind.
Been feeling like I’m waiting on something
Or maybe someone.
Been feeling like a damp sponge
Left outside on a summer’s day.
And I keep waiting…
Waiting…
Waiting…
They say I should be patient
That my day will come
But why am I the only one
Left standing alone
I’m holding out, unhappily
What else can I do?
Only hang on a hope
That someday I’ll find you.