Poetry

Lonely

I wandered   around the park all alone,

Looked at the children playing,

It was a pleasurable sight

Yet I felt so lonely

 

I saw a couple splashing water

On each other in playful mood,

I smiled with fond delight,

But I felt so lonely

 

I am   like a solitary swan

Sitting in a dry, sandy lake

No one there to share my plight

And I felt so lonely

 

The empty nest syndrome has pain

From judging others, I ever abstain,

Though wallowing in fancy’s flight,

I, really, felt so lonely

 

This state of affair has become

A   permanent   way of life

I have made this burden light

Even then I feel so lonely

 

~ Sudha Dixit

Bangalore, India

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