A feeling inside causes my fingers to gently quiver
A search for a deeper connection with someone, anyone
To have actual physical contact with another
My manly rough skin still awaiting to be caressed, or even touched

A heart inside that beats irregular
Missing that singular extra thump
Handed to me by another, to protect and watch over
Lips that have never been kissed, in any show of deep affection

A fire still burns within my very soul
A light that dims each second of every day
Slowly extinguishing to a deep darkness of hollowness within
Combined with a mind of unfulfillment and tears of a clown

That show of emotion that many express, as I watch them walk on by
Such a small thing, yet so powerful in it's truest of form
To hear it be whispered unto my own two ears
Those three simple words, which possess such meaning and depth

My eyes grow more weary each night I rest my head
The clock ticks on, counting down the days
Before this world swallows me whole
To leave nothing behind but a name etched on a slab of stone

What I seek, I don't believe I shall ever find
A heart untouched by any other, yet broken by the solitude of loneliness
A longing to be with another, held in their warm embrace
A yearning for someone to light this flame, and take away this pain I endure