Rodney's Poetry and Other Scribblings

Tag: loneliness

  • My Life

    My life is
    Moments that skid through the day
    Feelings that live in silence.
    Thoughts that defy activity
    Wishes that are denied an existence
    Life that disappears into the gloom
    All in a world that is fading away

  • Cell Phone Trash

    I see a loving couple
    At a table near on by
    One swiping on their phone
    Chasing friends in the sky

    The other staring blankly
    The look of sadness there
    Hoping that her life partner
    Will show a sign that he cares

    The match made in heaven
    On earth will be destroyed
    By the technology of the phone
    Trashing the relationship void

    The sadness will be forever
    Well after the couple parts
    Loving words once shared
    Now through lawyers farts

  • Monotony

    Watching a person sitting in the corner of a cafe.

    The lonely come
    Choosing
    The cool, dark corner
    Back to a wall
    A safe place, to watch

    Allowing time to escape
    Sipping their latte, until it goes cold
    Poking at their toast
    Perhaps a bite or two
    Just to pretend

    Looking out
    Carefully
    So as not to be seen
    Eyes wandering, hoping
    For a spell, an answered prayer
    Something
    To change their day
    To renew their life
    To bring salvation
    But nothing there
    That the end might deliver

    Anxiety again
    Welling up inside
    Hands clasp tightly
    Feet shuffling on the floor
    Stay a little longer
    Or retreat back home
    To the comfort of sameness
    But –

    Somewhere, nearby
    Eyes catch another’s
    Fleeting glance
    Quickly turn away
    No, no, not the way
    Look again
    Empty
    Nothing left to hope
    Nothing
    Nothing

    Uncomfortable
    Anxiety overwhelms
    Got to go, got to go
    Monotony calls
    The endless repeat of today