.

there is an all-pervasive loneliness

like an invisible thread

running through everything

a haunting tune
amidst all the people

amidst all the empty silence

you know it

you know it in your heart

you know it in your gut

never to abandon

but to subside

for a moment's distraction

the duck knows it

so does the squirrel

and the lost souls smiling

at the terraces of summer

all-pervasive loneliness

not so bad

at times a little sad

but not so bad

not at all