I'm Alone On An Isle

A sobering look at self pity, and escapism. Unedited.

I am alone

On an isle

Of misery

And denial

A desert

Of hurt

Been here

A while

Can’t seem

To locate

My life

In a bottle

So thirsty

So thirsty

I reach for the vial

Its filled

With my pain

Its full

Of my grief

So thirsty

So thirsty

I am for relief

There’s waves

That come in

Crashing the shore

More misery

More pain

I try to Ignore

Unending

The cycle

Unending

They go

Over and over

More misery

And woe

Heaping upon

The shore

Of my heart

Insult and injury

it will not depart

Rolls in 

With the waves

again,

It just stays!

In crevices -

Like dirt,

In the grout -

Lies my hurt.

Shows up

Each time

I try to ignore it

Stand there and stare

But never go for it.

Look deep within

Beyond the fake grin

All of life’s stains

From tonic and gin

All of life’s

Sorrow

It’s twisted

Tomorrow

It’s tainted

Black past

when burdens

did borrow

None did endure

none long will last

They dry up and fade

Quick and quite fast

Replaced with a new

covered up cast

Fixing the broken

The broken up past…

I am alone

On an island

Covered in clay

Rest in peace

Julie

You’ve come here

To stay.

Author's Note

I'm truly Not this depressed,
but with a lack of communciation available to me
with my Lover, I feel as far removed as the ocean between us.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

You can be with someone and still feel alone emotionally... I like all the metaphors to describe the loneliness... this is my favorite part.

The shore
Of my heart
Insult and injury
it will not depart
Rolls in
With the waves
again,
It just stays!
In crevices -
Like dirt,
In the grout -
Lies my hurt.