LONELY PEOPLE

There are many lonely people
in this fast-paced world today,
you pass them in your daily life
as you walk along your way.

They say “Hi”, how are you
and wear a shallow smile,
they walk on past into the void
of many sad and lonely miles.

They live in fear and hide themselves
unable to exchange and share,
the person at their centre
who needs someone to care.

We cannot hide our humanness
we were made to love and give,
when we try to hide what’s natural
we cease to fully live.

There are people out there waiting
maybe they are lonely too,
their hearts in trepidation
waiting for a friend like you.

So reach out won’t you, lonely one
fear not for what might be,
who knows what love awaits you
from your loneliness be free.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Aug. 03, 1995