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Poems: Lost
Lost
by John Bafford
September 29, 1998

Lost.
All alone.
No one who cares for me in sight.
My heart aches for love
but there is none to be found
and I hang my head
and sigh.

Lost.
I am confused.
I don't know where I'm going.
No guiding light
no help from others
just myself
alone.

Lost.
Hope runs away.
I don't know what I want.
The love of my life
gave me something to think about
and it destroyed everything I knew.

Lost
under my skin,
inside my soul,
the fire fades with time.
I no longer care
what happens around me
Nothing can make me smile.
I'm filled with sadness
my love all but gone
evaporated into nothingness.
I don't know
what keeps me going.
I don't know
what makes my heart beat.
Never before
have I felt so alone.
Never before
have I truly stopped caring.

Lost
on the path of life
with nothing to point the way
how can I face the world?
Never before
has it been this hard.
Never before
have I been so isolated.
I have no idea
what to do now.
No idea at all.
All I can do now
is try to survive
and hope I find hope again.