Tonight all I have to cling to is the rain.
Looking out my window now, I make the confessions that no one wants to hear,
All the while longing for someone who cares for me to be near.
Life is getting lonely lately and not a soul seems to care,
Tonight all I'm asking for is a loving conversation to share.
Someone to take it all away, if only for a moment or two,
Someone to express interest in my hopes, dreams, and everyday life too.
Sometimes I want to cry outloud into the world,
But then I'm reminded that no one wants to listen to this ordinary sullen girl.
Might as well draw the curtains and lock the world out
Maybe no one really knows what it's like to have a day of sorrows and a night of doubts.
I'm tired of this daily routine of lonliness, of the constant struggle to make it alone,
My wish tonight is to find someone who is actually happy that I came home.
Perhaps now my lonliness will be heard and will be no more,
Or perhaps I'm doing a life sentence with a broken heart... maybe that's what I was put here for."
-Lauren Simpson
9-19-03