Onset of evening
Thinking to myself.Wondering.Curious.Hopeful, yet uncertain. I wonder if theres another out there, right now, somewhere work, at home staring into a computer screen or a television .feeling empty inside. One who is wondering if there could possibly be one more chance at happiness, if only they could find the right person. Are you thinking, like me."have I used up all my chances at a happy embrace?" "Will I never again know what it is like to be in the arms of another soul?" "What will my future bring?" "Will it bring anything?" Or more accurately, anyone?
I feel as though that I am the black sheep in my circle of life. Friends, family, all married. All with.People I knew years ago, on their second or third marriage. Yet I .never even engaged. Isnt that a twist? Being envious of the divorced. Yet the lonely heart knows very little in the way of common sense. All it knows is that it feels, it wants, it desires. If it does not have the affection it needs, envy is born. Even envy of misfortune. For at least they had marriages that were happy, if only for a time. What have I had to compare? No memories of wedding(s) or the birth of a.Just memories of long and lonely nights. In my youth, stared at through the bottom of a bottle. Now as middle age sets in and the pain of youth subsides, that medication is no longer needed. Instead I face the nights stone sober. Fully conscious of the loneliness that exists within me. Having to face it, head on, every night. Like a deer in headlights. Every nights onset has me with that horrid glare. Knowing that empty silence as loud as a thousand thunders awaits.
Are you out there? Wondering about the same things I am, at the same time I am, wondering what the future holds? Are we continually to envy those around us, or will we one day be the envied? Walking down the street, hand in hand, looked at by passersby. Envied that we have each other, while they are alone? Perhaps its not noble or ethical or moral to seek after such things. For the loss of loneliness is desired by so many, we should never joy at its share in another. Still, after having that same gaze for so many years, I would not mind being on the other side of it for a change.
At 36, a bachelor, maybe for life. No , no ex-wives nor am I up on past girlfriends. Well, maybe a little. After all you cant love someone and totally push them out of your thoughts when they are gone. The stray thought will enter at one time or another.
Anyway, Ive my own home and vehicle. Im not horribly in debt. Im not a drinker. I dont take , other than what the doctor prescribes. I do smoke. All told, Im an average guy living an average life in an average town.
I might not be mister excitement, but I am mister dependable.
Where I lack in adventure I make up for in practicality.
Im not , nor am I ancient.
Im not handsome, but Im not ugly, either.
Im just a man. A lonely man. One looking to end that loneliness. Is there another out there who, like me, is lonely tonight? Another who just wants someone to care about. Another who just wants someone to care about them.
Lonely in Oakland County
P.S.
I value ones ability to communicate above all else. Its more important than looks, than ethnicity, than weight, than body type, than age. If you are the kind who gives one sentence answers to thoughtfully written letters to you, Im not for you. I appreciate when someone takes the time to write to me. I return that act of thoughtfulness with equal measure.
If you respond with "got a pic?" or with a nude image of yourself, youll guarantee no response. I appreciate the female body as much as anyone. But pictures are worthless. If something cannot be seen in person, it should be hid until it can.