Whenever I'm Lonely

Thu, 06/05/2014 - 13:59 -- Rhye___

Whenever I'm lonely, 

I don't count on my friends. 

I don't count on my family.

I don't count on any others.

I don't count those who consider themselves, 

Worthy; I find peace, in myself. 

 

Don't care if you ask why, or wonder how,

I just know, that in my silence, there is tranquility. 

I don't have to scream, yell or shout,

To closed ears who only judge me. 

All I have to do is this.

Just this, and I am whole.

 

Whenever I'm lonely, I sit in front of this. 

Maybe it'll be a black-and-white, 

College-ruled notebook, with stickers on the front. 

Or a laptop, that's steaming since I've used it all day. 

It could be that crinkled piece of lined paper, 

That I never got to, never cared to throw away. 

 

I'll sit there, with that black or blue, 

Ballpoint pen, with gel ink that writes,

So beautifully, it looks as if it could be,

Calligraphy in my eyes. 

And whenever I'm lonely, I find my other half.

Letting my imagination flow freely from the tip of my finger. 

 

With this, my words will talk back to me, 

And I'll have that one friend, that will never leave me. 

Hurt me, or betray me. 

It has my side, regardless of what it may be. 

Ah, I find so much joy in what I do. 

 

You want to know what it is,

That I love more than anything in this world?

My writing that's what;

Because whenever I'm lonely, 

I have everything I've ever wanted. 

 

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