Michael Onsando
Soliloquy

                                Is loneliness special?
Surely this thing you are feeling
must go beyond text book definitions.
“Dejected by the awareness of being alone”

Maybe this thing that you have
called loneliness is nothing but
a dog wandering the streets
looking for a bush that it has not yet
peed on.
                                Is loneliness special?
                                                                A speck of sand surfs
                                                                the waves,
                                                                waiting to be washed up
                                                                on the closest beach.

The Search

I'm still out in the world
gathering the pieces of
your heart
from everyone I see.

Isolation

There is not often
a new noise.
Save for a neighbour's
repetitive taste
in Nigerian soap operas
and the gathering of children
taking their minds away from
present boredom.

Sometimes, at night,
the silent moans
of muffled love
travel across the hallway
and bounce off the walls
where your prayers once
etched themselves.

Note: These pieces are part of a body of work called "A Movement on Loneliness" available in full for viewing here.

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Michael Onsando is a reader who loves to write. His work is available at michael.co.ke and brainstorm.co.ke. He is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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