Sonnet of Loneliness

Walking between people and watching around

the man on the corner with his shopping cart

with all his belongings, strolling downtown

asking for coins, rubbish bins knowing by heart

a woman on the bench of the village square

old an in a worn out coat, pigeons feeding

a young man besotted, freaked out and so scared                              

the bullied little girl, alone and weeping

loneliness doesn’t look for gender or age

so how has it happened and who is  to blame

for some on their life’s journey this is a stage

for others they seek it like a moth his flame

or a dying star and just going backstage

in a hard world that has forgotten their name.

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

25/10/2014