Lonely.

Such a simple word!
Yet has a meaning unfathomably deep.
It defines being surrounded by people in the front,
But encompassed by endless empty miles inside.

It’s like an imaginary plague,
That’s unleashed by our own minds.
It can consume you…  If you let it.
Until your thoughts control you instead of the other way round.

Negativity seeps in, poisoning your feelings.
Trust starts to fade till it becomes a distant memory.
You cannot go anywhere without turning around,
Searching for a backstabber in a virtuous crowd.

When you were betrayed, you feel like betraying.
Your mind urges you to do what they did.
You may seem paranoid to others, but you know better.
After all, they’re the reason you are what you are.

You start off wanting them to embrace you
And end up pushing them away.
But with them goes the rest of the world
Till you are left alone. 

Again.