I Know My Loneliness

I know my loneliness

Intuitively

Without words

Shadow feelings

 

I know it.

 

I know my loneliness

The ache in my blood

Pushing through my veins

The foggy memories of yesterdays —

Estranged

 

I know it.

 

I know loneliness

Like tree branches reaching

In vain

To touch the sky

To understand

An atmospheric essence

So different from its own

Ghost-like; a bit like home.

 

I know it.

 

I know loneliness

A glimpse

Of the whole

I try uselessly

To entirely behold

 

I know it.

 

I know my loneliness

A repetition

Of vaguely familiar words

From a language too close

To comprehend

 

I know it.

 

I know loneliness

The border that separates me

From you

I know it.