Loneliness

A cold that penetrates deep in your bones.

An ache that throbs with the beat of your heart.

A darkness so thick that it lets through no light.

An unbearable weight that you cannot shrug off.

A parasite feasting itself on your strength.

A bleakness so forceful it swallows your joy.

A pain so intense that your breath it can steal.

A bully to shatter your fragile esteem.

A barrier pushing all kindness away.

An emptiness everything fails to sate.

A life filled with nothing, so living but dead.

Loneliness coils like a venomous snake waiting to strike.