misery poems

Woe Is Me | Ivan Jenson

Nobody can teach you
how to be lonely
because it is a self-taught
ability and affinity
to various levels of self-pity
yet, certain kinds of music
can enhance that solo
ballet in the depth
of the valley
of your moonless mood
and you should just admit
it’s pleasurable to be miserable
to stew and brood
refusing all emotional support
as well as the sustenance
of home-made food
and to think it all started
because you misunderstood
what somebody said or meant
which made you
check into solitary confinement
and only you can
unlock the door
to set yourself free
for you are the prisoner
and warden
with the key