An Ode to the Lonely

You feel alone,

Your dreams seem so far.

All that you wish,

Is on a dead star.

Without a hope,

Right now you’re not sure.

What do you need?

Just something that’s yours.

Someone to hear,

All you have to say.

Someone to help you,

Who won’t go away.

Someone to talk,

And encourage too.

Just so you know,

They care about you.

Someone to help,

You up when you fall.

Someone to cry,

When you’ve lost it all.

Someone to push,

You on to your dreams.

Someone who sees,

All that you can be.

Why won’t they help you?

Why won’t they try?

You’ve felt all your dreams,

Sometimes almost die.

But you’ve held onto them,

With fire and grit.

Hoping that someday,

They’ll help you to it.

That’s what you need,

We all know it too.

A dream to hold onto,

A person that’s true.

Just so you know,

That you really do matter.

But they left you alone,

And your dreams they have shattered.

Tara J. Howard


Copyright 2014