so cold

It is so cold.

I didn’t want to come home tonight.

I often don’t want to come home, but somehow, tonight,  I felt even more desolate than usual about coming home.

I feel as cold inside as it is cold outside.  I feel empty, lost somehow.

I’m so tired.

I want to lie in bed and be held and caressed.

And to feel loved.  Just to feel loved and cared for.

And not alone in the cold dark.