High Lonesome

Loneliness is a strange thing, it comes in various forms and sometimes it just sneaks up on you when you least expect it. You could be in a room full of people and suddenly you are hit with the feeling that you are alone. Or you could be at home alone and not feel lonely at all because the record playing is all the company you need.

It seems sometimes that there's not a lot you can do when loneliness hits. You could go out and walk in crowds of people and it not be enough, you could pick up the phone and dial a number you know off by heart and talk to the person on the other end or you could fill the empty room with the sound of a favourite song but it might not be enough.

Loneliness isn't about being on your own or about having loads of friends or about having a hectic busy life, loneliness is about missing a certain type of connection. It's about missing your best friend because they can tell what you're thinking just by looking at you, or about walking up in the middle of the night wishing there was someone next to you who wouldn't mind you waking them up and telling them what was on your mind.

It's about the Saturday night when you want to go and see a film but there's no one to go with or the lazy Sunday morning when you wish you were making two cups of tea instead of one. There are some Saturday nights and Sunday mornings when it's fine and others when it hurts like hell. Problem is there is nothing you can do about it, expect keep holding on and keep hoping.