It searches my soul
To the very depths
It finds no peace
No quiet, no rest
Encompassing all
Of my inner desire
Flickering, burning
Like a strange fire
By day, by night
Its hours are long
Its refrain is sad
An unfinished song.
Then, stabbing me back
With pain untold
It threatens to haunt me
Until I am old
What words may I use
To describe it best?
It has only one title—
One name: Loneliness.