BlossomedInShadows
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This is a poem I wrote a few months ago to express feelings of loneliness, as well as to empathize with those around me who have also felt lonely at one time. I would love to hear your thoughts/feedback. 
Waiting
I gaze upon society
Wrapped up in their self-sufficient games
The illusions of give and take
Openness suggested
While the deepest tunnels remain closed
No one dares to delve further
To explore the dark uncertainties of human hearts
My heart, like many
Sits waiting on a dusty shelf
A gold nugget longing to be treasured.
I watch as couples embrace
Tell each other their innermost secrets
Explore the passages of each other’s lives
A candle lit by eternal flame.
And yet I who walk a different path
Surrounded yet lacking the same
Curl in the deepest recesses
Cries echo to the gushing wind.
“Come, get to know me,”
Is the deepest cry of my heart.
“Explore the halls of my soul,
As our voices vibrate in harmony
Let me lift you with my laughter
And wait with me in reverent silence
As my waves of sorrow lap the shore.
I may not be that ‘special someone’
The puzzle of my perspectives may not match yours
Yet I am no less a song
Longing for the applause of a deaf crowd
Nor do I desire less
The warm embrace and the melding of hearts.”
In the meantime I watch you
Hoping, wishing, dreaming, praying
For the world to lift itself
From its empty mould
And pointless fronts of intimacy
To dust off the forgotten hearts
To delve into the mysteries of humanity
Reveling in diamonds and broken glass alike.
I’m still waiting.
Waiting
I gaze upon society
Wrapped up in their self-sufficient games
The illusions of give and take
Openness suggested
While the deepest tunnels remain closed
No one dares to delve further
To explore the dark uncertainties of human hearts
My heart, like many
Sits waiting on a dusty shelf
A gold nugget longing to be treasured.
I watch as couples embrace
Tell each other their innermost secrets
Explore the passages of each other’s lives
A candle lit by eternal flame.
And yet I who walk a different path
Surrounded yet lacking the same
Curl in the deepest recesses
Cries echo to the gushing wind.
“Come, get to know me,”
Is the deepest cry of my heart.
“Explore the halls of my soul,
As our voices vibrate in harmony
Let me lift you with my laughter
And wait with me in reverent silence
As my waves of sorrow lap the shore.
I may not be that ‘special someone’
The puzzle of my perspectives may not match yours
Yet I am no less a song
Longing for the applause of a deaf crowd
Nor do I desire less
The warm embrace and the melding of hearts.”
In the meantime I watch you
Hoping, wishing, dreaming, praying
For the world to lift itself
From its empty mould
And pointless fronts of intimacy
To dust off the forgotten hearts
To delve into the mysteries of humanity
Reveling in diamonds and broken glass alike.
I’m still waiting.
