Gnawing loneliness

Sums it up Perfect

Wow! It has truth, weight and natural balance. I love it.

I'm no expert, but I suspect this is what poetry is about.

I can be very slow-witted when reading concentrated verse. I enjoyed the flow of this, the picture, and the expressiveness of 'gnawing loneliness'. And suddenly realised the implication of far-sighted! – ignoring what is in front of our face to appreciate and do, and be encouraged. My mother noticed the misdemeanours of the children deliberately sitting at the back of the class more than those under her nose, I gather. Rhiannon

So true Tony, and November is a lonely month, I'm already thinking long ahead to May, no wonder I feel lonely. Thoughtful poem.