A Ballad to Loneliness
by Bryan J. Argos

Loneliness is
a child
spinning a top
on an abandoned sidewalk.

Loneliness is
a rose petal
that fell ona rock.

Loneliness is
the sun...
don't you think it's lonely?

Or the moon maybe?
Don't you think
it's lonely too?

But spare me the epitomes
of loneliness,
for if I were the sun
or the child,
the dog,
or the rose petal
Loneliness would be
a top spinning by the hand,
the sun shining for the world,
the moon glowing for the night,
and a rose petalfalling for
the ground...

Now, is this loneliness?