Loneliness
by Bearurr

Loneliness, like a blizzard sweeps in,
smothering all life in its colorless blanket.
I search for the door and path to life and air.
Smothering, silence, solitude.

From this blankness I crouch, engulfed with the coldness around me.
Looking for the way to the paradise I long for,
where the warmth, love, and strength awaits.
I push my way forward, digging out from beneath this pain.
This--nothingness I call my existence.
I feel the cold snow on my palms, biting into my life,
freezing my entire soul.
I dig and dig through this mass of still life,
trying to find my way back to the paradise I long for.
My breath becomes shallow,
no air, no air! Where is my life gone?
My blue fingers poke through the white curtain of silent death,
feeling the warm heat of the sun reaching down to them.
I cry a loud, digging frantically.

I feel the sun find my face at last,
Life returning, the frozen loneliness receding once more.
I stand before the sun, feeling his life flow through me once more.
Love arrives.
The sun smiles and embraces me,
fulfilling the need my soul had thirsted.
Sun, Safety, Satisfaction.
Contentment.





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