Alone and isolated
Empty calendar pages
Absent family and friends
Life walking in Dark Ages
Hour’s darkest shadows lengthen
Day’s hope missteps and stumbles
Sudden tears, any moment
Faith now tumbles, then crumbles
Day awakens, same old drill
Memories fade, bit by bit
Miles from nowhere, so alone
Silence fills heart, not close-knit
Few good days dwarfed by bad ones
Sunny smiles becoming few
Lonely heart needs titan’s lift
Shining light makes its breakthrough
Make it a point today to reach out to someone who could use a warm hug, a trusting smile, or a kind word. Lonely hearts fill many people with emptiness; share your light.
Big Sky Buckeye 
No, we can’t let that happen! “Day’s hope missteps and stumbles…” Keep hope alive!
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Amen! While this poem has a darker side, I felt a need to reach to the issue of loneliness (especially among our seniors who are home alone).
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May God bless all who are living with lonely hearts. Life can seem so dark at times. The last line of your poem offers hope!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts Susan. I waited until the final line of the poem to offer words of hope. Hopefully, many of the readers could feel the dark side of being home alone.
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unfortunately, words for our times…
great advice at the end…
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Thank you Jim for reading and sharing. Being home alone has become an big issue with our seniors.
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So true indeed! Especially the elderly at a time like this!
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Renee, thanks for adding your voice to the comments. Loneliness has become a concern with our aging population.
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May God use this to minister to those who are going through loneliness
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Thank you Jim. With our aging population, this issue is becoming something for all of us to think about.
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True
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