Excellent At heart, we are all social animals Lost Connections by Navada Something lost writing prompt entry

This world can’t fix my lonely burdened heart The list of mankind’s woes is far from brief When people fight and worlds are torn apart It feels like life is hardly worth the grief   The list of mankind’s woes is far from brief It seems that no-one trusts their fellow man It feels like life is hardly worth the grief I’ve tried to bridge the chasm where I can   It seems that no-one trusts their fellow man He keeps his cards well-hidden up his sleeve I’ve tried to bridge the chasm where I can The choice some contemplate is just to leave   He keeps his cards well-hidden up his sleeve The curse of isolation reigns supreme The choice some contemplate is just to leave Though losing lives is such a dreary theme   The curse of isolation reigns supreme When people fight and worlds are torn apart Though losing lives is such a dreary theme This world can’t fix my lonely burdened heart Writing Prompt Write a rhyming poem about something you have lost - not someone. Author Notes This poem explores the loss of connectedness, safety and peace. It first began to take shape years ago and I've updated it for this contest. Recent world events make it feel relevant again, unfortunately. Please understand that I'm writing in character rather than as myself, so the despair contained within is purely a way to explore the theme. I'm okay, and I hope you are, too. This poem is in pantoum form. The pantoum consists of quatrains with an abab rhyme scheme and lines of eight-twelve syllables. The second and fourth lines of each stanza serve as the first and third lines of the next, and the last line of a pantoum is often the same as the first. I've chosen to write this one in iambic pentameter.

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