Alone

Alone.

Alone 

The door clicks shut, it’s silence that greets me first, 

In the dim light of dusk, I quench my thirst. 

The world outside fades into a distant hum, 

In this quiet space, the maddening thoughts become loud. 

Each morning brings tasks, each one a grind, 

And who to share the load with?  

No one to share the load with, no rest, no peace to find. 

I carry the weight, my shoulders bowed, my back broken 

Lost in the crowd. 

Here piling bills to pay, there hard decisions to make, 

Each step I take, every step I make, a new heartache to wrestle. 

No advice, no guidance, no hand stretching out 

Just me, just me and my shadows and my demons, standing alone. 

I can hear fears come alive and whisper at night, they echo and swell, 

While in the quietening silence, where I dwell in my personal hell. 

Every choice, a burden, every path, unclear, every opportunity with an obstacle 

As I face and spur against life’s turmoil, I’m consumed by fear. 

I reach for help, but there’s no one there, 

I want to yell, but who will come, who can come? 

Only an empty void, a vacant stare. 

The weight of existence, my crushing blow, 

In this fight for survival, I’m left solo. 

Now I know too well, loneliness isn’t just an empty room, 

It’s the silence in laughter of friends, it’s the quiet in words of family, 

It’s the emptiness in the comfort of home, 

It’s handling life’s battles without an ally, 

It’s the tears that fall when you silently cry. 

All distant and echoing gloom. 

From dawn till dusk, the struggle remains, 

An endless loop of internal pains. 

No one to turn to, no voice to offer consolation, 

In the labyrinth of life, I’ve no choice. 

As night falls again, my dread starts to rise, 

In the quiet darkness, there’s no disguise. 

In this endless fight, every unending night, 

The burdens I carry, the wars I wage are metals and bars, a cage trapping me.  

Stripped bare by loneliness, my heart starts to break, 

In the silence of night, I feel the ache. 

Facing life’s battles with no one by my side, 

In this desolate journey, there’s nowhere to hide. 

EzroniX Poetry.