Loneliness

Listen as

  One more

     Night's

        Endless voice

            Laughs and

                 You

Lament

  Over the

     Never-ending

         Echo that

            Leaves

                  You cold. It

Lingers

    Over you!

       No

          Excitement; Just

             Leftover memories of

                Yesterday's

Lovelier times.

   Oh, It's

      Never

         Enough as it

            Lulls 

              You into

Lost

   Overwhelming

        Nights that

            Eventually

               Lapse into

                 Years leaving

Longing for

    One more

        New

           Experience of

              Love.

                 Yet, In Vain.

Let me

   Overcome

       Nights'

          Emptiness

              Lord. Only

                 You give comfort.

~ P.S. Colley

July 1988