Again Alone

perpetual loneliness
days fade into nights
moments become memories
and the whole cycle repeats
can it be possible
for a soul to be un-paired
to have no mate to long for
no true love to share?
I've been lonesome for so long
it feels like home
slowly the walls were built
the solitude has grown
none are able to enter
although many have tried
my heart is a cold fortress
locked up from the inside
too many unfruitful attempts
have left me pondering
should I even pretend to hope
that there might be a happy ending?
I suppose only time will tell
if there’s someone out there for me
until then I stand alone
keeping safe my heart’s key