No Name, Just Lonely

Good morning
Good afternoon
Good night
Goodbye
I love you
Sounds so contrived
But you can try
To make it better
When your heart beats faster
Every time a door closes
A window opens
Like a letter
A tail wags
A boy smiles
A man hugs you back
A life fades in the distance
A future waits
In a fog of resistance
But God knows I tried
And that's all that matters.

No name
Because I’m anybody
And nobody
All at the same time
No more anger
No more tears
Like so many
I’m just lonely.

Life gathers
All our failures
Piles them up like empty favors
And promises to do better
But it gives few answers
When a broken heart shatters
And all you have are pieces
To remember
Good mornings
Good afternoons
Good nights
And pleasant dreams.
No name,
Just lonely.

No name
Because I’m anybody
And nobody
All at the same time
No more anger
No more tears
Like so many
I’m just lonely.

One more time
Second chances
It’s all we ask
What we live for
To get it right
When all went wrong
Now I’m nobody
Just lonely.

No name
Because I’m anybody
And nobody
All at the same time
No more anger
No more tears
Like so many
I’m just lonely.

D.A. Wittler ‘16