I Am My Own Loneliness Poem by Shalom Freedman

I AM WHERE I AM/IN MY OWN LONELINESS

I am where I am
In my own loneliness
It does not matter, I suppose
I will go when I will go
Like all the rest
And the pain I have now
Is small beside the pain others have
And the pain I myself have had
At various times of my life
It doesn't matter
It really doesn't matter
Lonely or not
I must go on to do the best I can
For those I care for
It doesn't help them much
And that matters
Maybe that is the cause of the deepest loneliness
I do not know
But I am here writing going on
Screw the loneliness
I'll do the best I can for those I care for
Or at least I'll try.