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Poem Details
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| Title: | Alone With Longing |
| Author: | Peggy Pendlleton |
| Date Submitted: | 5/2/2009 |
| Poem: |
Life left me alone with longing Pretending I need nothing more Knowing why I am unloved At heart an unmet need like hunger Eats at me and I grow fat on pain Leaking tears like famished babies Old, alone, no longer wanting joy Cracking jokes that no one hears Waiting for the end of one more Days of empty longing death Freedom from this cracking sorrow Nothing mends nor ever will This heart keeps beating without Meaning why awaken to do nothing Lasting or redeeming transformation All the work with time undone And in the end left to crumble Alone at last with longing... |