loneliness grows within
as each day dawns
only to fade
into a kaleidoscope of color and
finally into night
life isn’t supposed to be like this
my dreams and my fantasies
are to become reality
and I am to ride off
into the sunset
with a loving man
at my side
but as time wears on
and the evidence
of my continued solitude
presses further on
I know that dreams
and fantasies are for fools
for who could ever
love one such as me?

© Johanna Fugitt 2017