LONELINESS

By Dhiane Martinez

 

Loneliness fishes in a

Fishless sea

On a boat that has never

Felt a summer breeze.

Beyond the blue,

He is soulless, voiceless.

The sea is silent.

Salt lingers dryly on his tongue.

The fisherman yearns,

He sings, he drifts, he waits.

The sun, his only friend,

Dives into the horizon.

Darkness devours him.

His basket, woven by love,

Holds nothing.