I’m alone in this world

There are none like me

I have no soul mate,

No other half,

No partner.

As I look around me

I realize, I do not belong

And an emptiness

Begins to work its way

From the bottom of my stomach

To a lump in my throat

Is there no one?

Though some call themselves friends

They smile and nod a greeting

But not one really knows me

None are like me

My lovers leave me wanting

Aching with the knowledge

Of the fevered loneliness I own

They cannot reach me

Though they may touch me

I feel nothing

There is no connection

Will not someone teach me how to love?

Not with my body but with my soul

I want to look deep within another’s eyes

And find a soul like mine

To sate the part of me that languishes

To finally become whole.