Where does loneliness go
When it’s not in your heart?
Does it creep into your wardrobe
Does it stay under your floorboards
Until your heart starts to break again?
Where does loneliness go?
When it’s not wanted?
Does it sit and plan its comeback
A No.1 hit that will throw you off your feet
Punch you in the stomach and make you bleed all over the floor.
You don’t do that to people and get away with it.
So no wonder loneliness hides
With stealth and cunning
When you’re happy go lucky.
Where does loneliness go
When you’re not feeling alone?
Does it slither out of sight
Creeping in shame
A criminal that no-one wants to catch.
When it’s not grabbing hold of you
Does loneliness get lonely too?
© Sue Young
Things In My Head 