THE WAR OF THE LONELYMy loneliness sometimes seems more than I can bear. I search for a look of understanding, a kind gesture... does anyone care? The pain of this loneliness, it draws out, cutting like a blade. Where is Your oasis God, my provision for emotional shade? I thought at times I would succumb, to be consumed by this pain; is loneliness the pestilence of my soul; the scarlet letter I must bear? There is war, a great battle within;...