How Do You Fight Loneliness?

Oh, lonely.

How do you fight loneliness?

Do you laugh until you cry,

smile all the time?

Do you brush your teeth 

till they're blinding white,

sharpen them with pretty lies?

Do you keep up in the papers,

of what's going on in town.

keep busy to keep from feeling down?

Do you laugh at every joke,

or fill your mind with the darkest smoke,

to cloud the lurking pain?

At the end of the night,

do you lay in your bed of ice,

and feel the same?

Is that how you fight

loneliness?

Author's Note

Meh, not crazy about it. May delete later.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Don't delete it. I actually think you could expand on it- what other things do we fill that loneliness with- writing, reading, meditating, idle conversation...do they work or in the end are we still left with:

Do you laugh at every joke,
or fill your mind with the darkest smoke,
to cloud the lurking pain?

I know that dark smoke it clouds everything and makes it hard to see the sunshine that others seem to bask in. It may hold the loneliness at bay but it does not replace it. I thought that this was a very good poem.

[Moebia]

Thank you very much for this review!

[NeiL ArandA]

Just walk this familiar road until it becomes your friend . Breeding familiarity can somehow ease these strange feeling of being alone . When in fact youre not by yourself . Its always you and your shadow .
Nice write . Loneliness has been around for centuries . Its the most jealous and faithful friend you could ever have . Not so easy to dump and discard . It will stalk you like a deranged lover .

[Scott Metro]

It's nice...why delete ? Your feelings are as valid as every other human on this planet.
The key here is that you expressed them in a manner that is understandable..giving the reader the opportunity to know you.
Don't sell yourself short...you have achieved what you set out to..you have written from the heart and shared.
I enjoyed it.
Scott

[Sue Hart]

I agree with icelandicblue. Don't delete it. That poem is relatable especially to the young. Life is new and when loneliness strikes, you show a way of dealing. I thought it was good.