Hopper- Inspired Writing 

Sitting in the coffee shop I was scared. It was so late at night, I had no one it felt like. I had been roaming the streets for what felt like forever. Loneliness is painful. Without a doubt, this was the most frequently mentioned experience of loneliness. Words that have been used to describe this type of pain include, hurt, sorrow, ache, sadness, depression, torn up, bleeding, and broken. Clearly the pain is one in which the lonely individual feels damaged, as though someone their spirit was crushed. It hurts to feel lonely and it hurts even more because we don't have anyone to share it with.  This was the way I felt that night. Lonely, broken, sad, upset. I wanted to go home, be with my family, with my dog. I wanted to go somewhere I felt safe, and happy. But I found myself alone in this coffee shop at late nights and early mornings. Because I was alone, not accepted by the people that love me.