LONELINESS

One time, when it was time for our English subject our teacher distributed to each of us a copy of three poems. The two were about love and what it does to a person. The third poem caught my attention, at first I had second thought if such really was a poem, and then our teacher said it was a poem. And I think you should see and read it for yourself, here is a copy of the poem:

l(a

le
af
fa
ll


s)
one
l

iness

I thought so, you do not understand the poem. That is okay, neither did I the first time I read it. I think that what the author means to say is that loneliness is the feeling a person experiences when he is in solitude, a state of social isolation. I think I can relate to the poem for I, myself, am a loner. The letter “l” in the poem stands for two things. First it stands for one and second, for I. These two things which that letter stands for all points out to one feeling which is loneliness. When the poem is formed like this, a phrase is formed:

l(a leaf falls)oneliness

When a person is lonely, he may feel forsaken and abandoned. Although, being lonely is not bad at all. Each one of us is unique; other people tend to enjoy the company of their own selves while others do not. It all depends on the person. The persona in the poem is feeling loneliness and not one comes to keep him company. Without others or without someone to talk to, he feels like he is a leaf gently falling to the ground. He feels the tree grew tired of holding him in too long and keeping him company with the other leaves, and with this he has grown frail and weak and so he falls like as what is happening to him now, not physically although, but is felt within his heart and it hurts thinking of which.

Being lonely is not at all easy. It is a very sad situation wherein you feel no one is there to sit beside you and listen to what your heart is telling.

There are times when I want to be left alone by myself thinking, I could go through the hurts I feel inside and eventually it will subside, but the more I am left alone, the more the cut deepens and the more difficult it is to heal.

Sometimes, you just need to tell a friend your thoughts and feelings, besides that is what friends should do, to comfort and help you in times of sorrow and hurt. This is where you feel you are valued by your friends if they never leave your side when you are in great pain and never leaves you alone to cry by yourself. A friend who never leaves you alone and never makes you feel your lonely.##