Marie Kopp
Saturday
Today was lonely again
I find a lot of the days lonely these days
Lonely and smelling like dust
They don't tell you how much of being an adult is sitting on a couch with your cat
Wondering where other people are
And why you've been left out
Again
They don't tell you to expect how odd it feels to
Eat alone watching Netflix
And wishing there were someone else there
To watch Men in Kilts and laugh with
I used to wish for time
Time to sit and be alone, to nap or write or do things
When I was in college and busy
When there was always a test or paper to cram words into or out of my brain for
I was wrong to crave time alone
When I was gifted so many people to be with, learn with, and laugh beside.
Now I miss it, the bustle and hustle of time spent with friends and frenemies
As I sit in my apartment and crave
Time spent with people to laugh with