Loneliness is a strange dopamine by Dipanwita Dey
Loneliness is a strange dopamine
Dipanwita Dey
Loneliness is a strange dopamine.
Slowly, steadily, it consumes existence.
Under its spell, it traps, strangulates,
murders, and extinguishes.
The desperate try to defeat it,
unleashing the invisible chain
around the collarbones.
Feels like a gravitational force,
pushing into the darkness of the unseen.
Solitude devours the ultimate
version of yourself—
the despondency of never being discovered,
never being heard,
never feeling the warmth of a beloved's touch—
evaporates into the captivation.
Loneliness is a strange dopamine
that gradually erases…
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