Waiting...

Loneliness, it's the worst feeling in the world.

You would think it's pain but it's not.

Pain is my friend.

Pain is what's kept me alive.

Although I wouldn't exactly say I'm living.

For as I look around, I realize.

I feel more alone when I'm with others than I do by myself.

Because when I'm with others, I'm hiding.

I put up walls and wait.

But I'm not quite sure what I'm waiting for.

Maybe someone who will say to me.

You don't need to be careful.

I won't hurt you.

You don't need to be so protective.

I'll keep you safe.

That's what I'm waiting for.

Someone who doesn't gently ask me to put my walls down.

But someone who tears them down on their own.

Someone I can be myself with.

Someone who fill the emptiness.

Someone who will end the loneliness.

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[maurice_forgets]

Hi HN,

This cuts deeply and precisely into the loneliness that so many of us feel, or have felt, in life. I hope that we ALL find that "someone who tears them down on their own," because that someone knows us (and our walls of protection) as intimately as we do.


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