I try so hard to be brave and strong
Yet whatever I do seems to be wrong
The love that I need, just isn't there
I've no one to cherish, no one to care
I want so much to be loved, to be needed
Yet warnings, so clear, I let go unheeded
My future looks empty...I'm filled with fear
To be all alone year after year
The love that I feel just will not die
So alone I will be and alone I will cry
I'll keep the memories of times that we had
All of the good, yes, even the bad
The children are mine, at least for awhile
They're good for me now sometimes I can smile
Maybe with time, the pain will be less
The hurt will subside, I only can guess
But the sadness I feel will always be there
As I go on alone with no one to share
My ups and my downs, the good and the bad
Never knowing the love I wished that I'd had

Linda Tiuch

I wish I had this place years ago...I felt so totally alone...and thought, of course, that I was the only one who ever felt this way.  I have come to learn that we are never alone; that love comes in many guises.