A loner
Stigmatized
By isolation
Stigmatized
By isolation
I long
For the lonely
Isolation
A modern day
Leper
Cast out
To have the
Space to hear
The symphony of silence
A loser
With not
Enough selfies
The lilting
Melody of
Stillness
The scent of
Shame scrabbling at
His throat
The in breathing
scent of
Serenity
Sitting unseen
On the
Sidelines
To sit unseen
In the
Of timelessness
Life’s perversity
Hating what
I craved
Life’s perversity
Now craving, what
Once I hated
I originally wrote this poem in column format. The bold, italicized verses in a second column juxtaposing the verses in plain text. It is the comparison of growing up as a loser, a loner, feeling isolated and then as a older person craving the silence and the stillness that was attached to be a loner
