Alone

The Academy Years

In the quietness of twilight
I watch the trail of stars
reminding me of lives I led
and the need that drove me far
I once withstood the aching
but lonely darkness follows
a past bereft of sunlight
to form a brother’s shadow
How can so many surround me
yet I drown in loneliness still?
there’s an empty space inside my heart
that nothing seems to fill
So much now lies before me
I see my journey’s end
But in the quietness is longing
for the shoulder of a friend