By Isabella Svenska
Submitted by Isabella Svenska
Date: 2001 Aug 07
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Reality

Loneliness inspires writing
and writing perpetuates loneliness
Double-edged sword really
one should relieve the other
one would think
but my thoughts keep creating scenarios
of more loneliness
Sometimes I just want to transform images on paper
like the perfect man who holds the door open for me
or brushes the hair from my face
or gazes at me for what would seem like a century
in such a way that would bring a tear to my eye
but that's just fantasy and all I can seem to write about lately
is reality
Reality...
my old friend
your sobering slap on my face each morning as I wake
and each night before I sleep
you, my closest friend, are a cruel partner
But still I have not given up hope for the man of my dreams
to show up
where no one else knows where I am
and profess his undying love and devotion
but that's just fantasy
and here I am
holding hands
with my old friend
REALITY.