Alone

'Gonna buy me a ticket, as far as I can now. Gonna ride til the train run out of track'

cold winds blowing shivers

Sun please come worship me

lost in a desert,

alone among millions

faces roll in on high tide

I wanted, oh what I wanted

wanted to see was

you walking toward me.

Forests bursting over with life

in songs and whispers speaking to me

I fall like a log with a

rotten, decay-eaten heart

crashing quietly to the floor

What I wanted, what I can't see,

is what happened to you

that you walked away from me.

Seas of humans, each a snowflake

piled into a heap of thought

The mountain breaths thin air

caressed by clouds

alone in altitudes far from emotion

Would I worship there?

Could I shed humanity's grasp

and stop craving recognition?

And so the last places are where

the shadows of what I've passed

mold ever bigger piles of regret

into dunes blown by 

my emotional winds.

Why does 'alone' have to sound

like it's so sad?

Author's Note

Reviews

[Robbie~xoxo~]

Such a touching write...

You stir deep emotions, my friend..
Only the lonely heart can answer these questions...

Heartfelt, well penned!~xoxo~

[Mark]

Thank you Robbie :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Would I worship there?
Could I shed humanity's grasp
and stop craving recognition?

In the last places
where the shadows of what I've passed

mold ever bigger piles of regret
in dunes blown by
my emotional winds

Why does alone have to sound
like it's so sad?

A deeply philosophical piece, Mark.

[Mark]

Thank you :)

[Mira ThePoetess]

Your words took me afar in the distance .. wondering how many faces does loneliness really have ..?
just sadness .. or sometimes comfort? or maybe a chance to have a second look upon the passed years?

I love this part .... {In the last places
where the shadows of what I've passed

mold ever bigger piles of regret
in dunes blown by
my emotional winds }

It is a really good poem. Thank you for the journey your verses offered me.

[Mark]

Thanks for reading. Glad you enjoyed :)

[Mira ThePoetess]

In fact I did .. would love to know what you think of my writing as well ... thanks

[Baby Ricochet]

Love the "I fall like a log" Stanza. If I recall correctly you're a long haul trucker. You must know a lot about being alone. Great poem Mark

[Mark]

Thanks Mark. Ya my profession makes it tough to meet women. Other than professionals lol

[Ruth]

Alone isn't alone, like here - so much observation of emotion and life can fill the cracks I guess, beautiful x

[Mark]

Yes you are right. Though I can't help wondering why there are cracks.

[Rita L. Sev]

That grand chasm between loneliness and solitude... only you can tell the difference... Nicely crafted, Mark.

[Mark]

Thank you dear.

[Leslie Philibert]

Mark writes very well, this a well paced, considered, talented poem.

[Mark]

Thank you Leslie :)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed, the sadness mounts in on one that stays alone, well done, good read.

[Mark]

Thank you Thomas. :)