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I am a 12 year old student. Not too long ago my parents went through a divorce. Sometimes, I feel very lonely and have to try and fight those feelings that lie deep in my mind.

Loneliness

Loneliness is blue like sadness.
It tastes like a sour lime with salt on it.
It smells like rotten food and causes madness.
For fun it likes to do nothing but bad things.
While almost everything makes it angry
Everything makes it sad,
But nothing makes it happy.

Loneliness is smaller than you and me,
But bigger than peoples' minds.
Happiness is its enemy,
But nothing can be its friend.
Loneliness keeps its happy feelings in a secret place.
Its favorite place is in peoples' minds.
But it hates to be anywhere else.
Making people feel bad is its greatest success.
Not cheering people up it is greatest failure.
Loneliness makes me feel as sad as a deserted island.

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Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
Fatima
it was a nice poem.
Alicia
i know how feel cause my parents were together when i was borni nmy mother hates my dad and all i wanna do is meet my dad
Camille
Wow. that was a great poem. im around the same age as you are and my parents have divorced not too long ago. I can remember the feelings like it was yesterday. you really embraced the concept of lonliness. not everyone can put their finger on what it means, if its good or bad, or anything at all. you really did a great job on this poem but at your age try to pull away from that drama and talk to somebody about it. writing poems and keeping these feeings to yourself isnt always the best thing to do.
Hannah
awwww i fort ur poem was gr8 u really explained how ppl feel. well i hope u feel better soon!
Mike
i know how u feel my parents divorced when i was little too sometimes i feel alone too
annacelia
i read this poem and knew exactly what it is saying. i have been lonely for days at a time but didn't know how to define it but to read this poem it does it for me.
Sarah
very interesting got the point across
martha
wow that was deep and it kind of expresses what i feel at times.
Lisa
This Poem is the real reality it really touched me this is the thing that people fear of the most but i dont know why it gets to you. and everyone else thats here. Everyone has felt loneliness before.
john
thats great!
Desiree
i know that this is just a vote but it really touched me because it happened to me but when i was a lot younger so i know exactly what your going through. thanks for your time!
amy
i really liked this poem. im not going through my parents divorce (that already happened) but this is soo true to my break up with my boyfriend because i loved him but he never even liked me. sad i know, he's such a jerk. well great job on the poem!
Grace
This touched me. I have been feeling very lonely lately and it was such a heartfelt poem. GREAT WORK!
tearsfromastar
this is a great poem and like other i want you to keep writing, this reminds me of when i lost my best friend because we both found different friends, she found it easy and i found it hard. I felt so lonly and still do and this reminds me of the bad times. Its great, keep it up.
CASH
Its one of the best poems that I have read. I write a few myself but coming from a 12 year old, its definitely great. Describes LONELINESS to the word S. Little T, u might be little but to me you are mighty.
Leah
Hi there. my name is Leah i think you see that nad i love this poem. i as well as mnay others ive see ncomment have been through this same feeling. it is not a good one indeed. we all prolly have different stories to tell, but we all still have the same outcome. nice writing!:)
Rachel
u wont get over a divorce ever, don't let your parents tell you that you will. But not trying to sound bad, my parents divorced when I was 4 and now I am 14 with step parents, 3 step brothers and a step sister. You will learn to love the people that you grow up with and you will learn to deal with the pain.
taylor
this is exactly how i feeel bacause my parents just had a divorce and i feel like all the pressure is on me and i have no one to talk to and no one will listen and i am so alone all the time. i'm definitley voting for you and i very very very GREAT poem. it made me realize a lot of things.
beverly
hey i like your poem it was great my mom and dad got a devorse to it this is how i feel
ishmita
excellent
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