THE LONELY BOY KNOWS AND WONDERS

12 02 98

The lonely boy knows
The feelings of the haystack needle
The fear of the pawn at the knees of the king
The cower of the lowly Baltic under the massive Boardwalk
The shadowy edge of night life
The friends who defy loneliness with seeming ease
The schizophrenic cyberspace
The isolation of the ace

The lonely boy wonders
If a man is a man who writes of daffodils
If there is a partner for everyone
If the partner's half a world away
If there is something wrong with him
If lonely girls exist
If love is true or just fictitious
If he's tendered or just vicious

Author's Note

Putting up something like this over twelve years after the fact could get me charged with indecent exposure...

Reviews

[quinfinn]

this write has touched my very core. it speaks of the many lessons i have learned from the many nuances of love and life's experiences. it also ponders many of the questions which haunt and plague my very existence. i don't think i have ever read anything more beautiful and profound by your pen...awesome. nice accompanying song by journey, i would like to suggest another by them from the Trial By Fire album "it's not the rain".....enjoy

[kublakhan27]

Thank you so much my friend...just as this poem is significant and relevant for you, it is the same for me all these years later, as I still find myself asking the same questions...I remember when that album came out but never heard it, I will certainly look it up though...but I can't thank you enough for reading and sharing feelings that are not easy to share...you are a friend indeed.

[quinfinn]

khan, it is, in my opinion, the best album Journey ever made...so many great love songs, and so beautifully written and produced....check it out.

[kublakhan27]

I remember when it came out...it was a bit of comeback album for them and I remember the reviews being very good, so I'll definitely be looking it up...I do have that greatest hits and Escape on vinyl though ;)

[quinfinn]

you'll thank me later, my friend....i know you're gonna love it.

[kublakhan27]

:)

[kublakhan27]

Album downloaded...will listen to it soon^^

[quinfinn]

enjoy!!!

[KAOlmsted]

I've been reading a lot of your work tonight--it's highly addicting--and not feeling the need to comment on each piece I've read, but this one is just so good I had to take a minute and tell you that.

-kimmer

[kublakhan27]

Thank you, I do appreciate that :) I'm helping a friend with an assignment tonight but I certainly plan on visiting your catalog as well, so I'll add you to my subscription list for now and will stop by soon :)

[KAOlmsted]

...do I need to hurry up and clean the place up?? *laugh* Thank you so much; I look forward to your views...

[kublakhan27]

LOL No that's okay, I'm as much of a mess as anything :P

[MOON]

Poignant lovely write full of emotions . Different yet such a great mature write.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much, your input means a lot^^

[TLK]

Nice repetition of the first words. It really keeps the piece together. Everything ties together with the emotional theme in a way that is very compelling.

I'd be tempted to turn "The feelings of the haystack needle" to "haystack'd needle", but that might just be me being too whimsical.

I am rather impressed that you wrote stuff this good 12 years ago. I am minded to eat your delicious, nutritious brains to gain these powers.

[kublakhan27]

I am honoured to hear that, as I posted it as kind of a whim with no preconceived notions of how it would come across :) I did consider touching it up, which may or may not have led to haystack being haystack'd, but I decided to stick with the Hail Mary approach...of course, that's not to say I won't go back to it :)