there is a place I go to be alone

there is a place I go to be alone
just name the spot and you will see me there
whenever I'm awake my heart does groan

in times when agony is over shown
among the crowd I stand with silent stare
there is a place I go to be alone

it's here and there and every place I've known
it's every day of years we've lived and shared
whenever I'm awake my heart does groan

and when my grief is steaming, overblown
that well-sought comfort, it is found nowhere
there is a place I go to be alone

atop, under, amidst the crowds I've flown
ignored by masses who could never care
whenever I'm awake my heart does groan

that one voice, missing, shouts from out its bone
within my head it's never left me there
there is a place I go to be alone
whenever I'm awake my heart does groan

(C)2010, Christos Rigakos