Poetry

ONLY LONELINESS FOR ME


In this world of love and laughter
No happiness can I see;
Now and forever after,
There’s only loneliness for me.

No joy-but only sorrow
In this whole life will be;
The hope of my tomorrow
Holds only loneliness for me.

Pain, regret, broken dreams,
Gladness is gone, so is glee;
Life is darkness; now it seems
There’s only loneliness for me.

Sadness, tears, also heartaches
Are all that’s left, save memory;
O’ the pain of these heart-breaks
Leaves only loneliness for me.

A cloudy sky, a rainy day;
This the future seems to be;
Tomorrow painted twilight’s gray
Brings only loneliness for me.

Copyright 1998
William L. Hyatt