LONELINESS

By Cassandra Cantos

 

A bologna sandwich sits

In the middle of a stagnant room.  

Furniture unmoved.

Check your phone

To see what they’re doing.

Click on the like button

With a blank face.

You watch her with him

And they with them.

You retreat within

Your walls and self.

You think you can

Entertain yourself.

You can only enjoy

The silence for so long.

It’s not too late

To run through the prairie

Before the desolation

Embraces you.

 

 

 

Cassandra is a UHMC student currently taking English 104, Introduction to Creative Writing, taught by Paul Wood.