Loneliness 

No words can describe it. 

It's gnawing and empty, 

Palpable. 

It hangs in the air like smoke. 

I stand in the dark of my room

Not because I have conquered my fear, 

But because anything is better than that longing. 

All night, 

I yearn for physical contact.

An embrace from one that loves me

My head on someones shoulder. 

With the rising sun, 

I forget all about it. 

But as soon as my door closes, 

I feel it. 

It creeps through my body

Leaving me unable to sleep. 

And when I do, 

My dreams are haunted

By the people I love. 

So close, 

Yet so far away.