The Night I Found Loneliness
By
Mes Deux Cents


I walked down a deserted street
I was looking for the moon

It was a street that went nowhere

I continued to walk
Though I knew I was lost

Which was okay
I'd been lost before

The street I walked was crooked
And on it was bougainvillea

Pink is what I remember

I saw a light in a window
And a shadow

Which reminded me I was alone

I remembered I was looking for the moon
I thought I saw it off to the right

A streetlight

I stopped
Pondered my situation

I realized again that I was alone
And it was night

I decided to be brave
To keep walking on that crooked street

That's when I saw it
shimmering in the summers heat

Loneliness

That was the night
Cobble beneath my feet

I'd found a crooked street
That went nowhere

On it there was no moon
There was just me

That was the night I found loneliness