Blessed Be The Lonely On Earth!

Blessed Be the Lonely on Earth Loneliness, loneliness, loneliness! It is something we feel, encounter, speak about or never bother to accept that it exists so deep inside us. It can prick us, confront us when we are alone in so many nights or even when we are in a big crowd. It comes in memories we hold dear and in memories so painful to revisit. In the midst of dazzling lights, music and craze with the company of friends, colleagues or relatives, loneliness strikes us. Even if we reach the highest top of the Mt. Everest, loneliness is also there - a baggage we need to carry on - in all the dangerous roads or routes we take. Loneliness is there in all relationships, in working places and faiths. Blessed be the lonely on earth bearing loneliness as real as their own breath - a continuing baggage for strength - in their continuing journey to live and serve. __________________ (2nd poem of EPO in 2019, January 12)