Alone

As lonely as a man can be
If you look for him, you look for me

No friends have I to bring delight
No companionship to warm my night

Emptiness is what I feel
Sadness is all that is real

How can I describe the pain I'm in
Where do I start, how to begin

Can words tell how my stomach feels
Or describe how depression, my joy it steals

How can I say just what it means
To be alone, except for dreams

Yes dreams show me ways that I can leave
Or bring me friends to which I cleave

Dreams promise happiness to replace the pain
Dreams say I'll never be empty again

Dreams whisper sight when there's blindness in the eye
Dreams are cruel, because they lie

For when all my dreams have left the room
I'm there alone again in an empty vacuum

Alone to face reality
There's no way out, and no one but me

My spirit breaks, and drieth my bones
My heart is grieved...I'm still alone

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