Poetry of Issue #8        Page 13

Lonely as hell

I am struck in the middle of a crowd
But I am lonely as hell
I long for the embrace of an of another man
I am not closeted by thoughts of sex with another man
I am closeted by a desire, affection and fellowship
But I am a heterosexual caught in society straight jacket
I yearn and yearn
But the loneliness only grows
I pine at woman for their metro sexuality
But I just yearn and yearn
Struck in a lonely abyss

Paul F Renda