Lonely One

from Bruised Reeds by Robert Brown

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There I was, locked out of my own house,
Sitting on the driveway,
Feeling stuck, wondering why I couldn't get
Anywhere without pain.

Is nothing going right for me?
Is misery my destiny?
Catastrophizing circumstance,
But I can see just at a glance,
That everyone is suffering,
And I have means of comforting.
I hear them saying:

Lonely one,
You aren't the only one
To say, "No fair!"
Lonely one,
It's time to take a glance/chance
At/On the world out there.

All my plans for the day up in smoke,
My temperature's rising.
Always played by the book, still no luck,
Why am I still losing?

It's hard to love your settlement
When you imbibe entitlement.
I'm drowning in my bitterness,
Lord don't let me get used to this.
I realize I'm not the boss,
And when I see you on the cross,
I hear you saying:

I open up my Facebook feed,
An alternate reality.
Everyone lives happily,
I wish that they'd invited me,
Where birthdays and babies
Get all the attention,
While death and divorce
We're embarrassed to mention.

Look up and see my neighbor's home,
An old man dying all alone.
If he saw the things we post,
He'd question who's more like a ghost.
Maybe I should go to him,
Clean his yard and talk to him,
But I'm too tired and low today,
I think he'd say no anyway.

What if we could break these bonds
That keep us in our separate ponds?
I hear the ocean teems with life,
And love is worth the risk and fight.
We try to speak, no words come out,
But in the soul we hear the shout:
The world is waiting.

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from Bruised Reeds, released July 10, 2022

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