Pinching Solitude Poem by lalitha iyer

Shivering in Winter
stark naked
sans leaves
is the solitary soul

what aches it?
pained to soul
the skin you see
just grieving white cold.

winter needles in
I am alone, I am alone
God is hybernating
ghosts are wandering.

give me a candle flame
just to feel the hot glow
give me a bird's chirp
just to feel the sweet lips.

in this piny world of cruelties
shivers my heart afraid of future
I am in fear of losing the beauty
of life and creation- nameless agony.

I am afraid-they ask me why?
I am anxious-they ask me for whom?
killing loneliness crawls inside
they say those worms are dreams bad.

every second zoomed
my utter helplessness booms
I cannot escape the terror of being
I wish I could sleep and escape lonely wanderings.