--- title: Alone date: 2012-01-10T10:33:12Z modified: 2025-03-15T03:55:03Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/alone/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1197 categories: - Sad Poems tags: - Sad Poems - alone - sad poem featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alone.jpg" featured_image_alt: Alone author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2025-03-15T03:55:03Z --- the sound of silence grows, every minute feels like a hour, every hour feels like a day, as I sit in in the cold light of morning; its far too late, too late to pick up my [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/heavy-heart.md) from the floor, as it lay in pieces, right where you threw it yesterday night; little by little, strangers became friends, friends became lovers, and suddenly, lovers became strangers; I am lying here, lying next to where you left me in pieces, can’t move, can’t scream, with only [silence](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/breaking-the-silence.md) for company; the tick tock of the clock and, the beat of my heart grows louder and louder, shrouded by a mystery, I feel so alone; as the melody of love fades into the [distance](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/miles-apart.md), the [screams of silence](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/silence-screams.md) is all that remains, lost in the shadows of [life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/life.md), I am here, **Alone**, in a crowded room! ![Alone](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alone.jpg) Alone