Desperado:

An Essay about Loneliness

Pine Point School

English Class

10/27/11

Cassie Seidel

Loneliness is a hurtful feeling that comes without knowing. It creeps up on you like a thief in the night. It takes away your friends, and your family, and your life. Loneliness can evolve into something worse, like depression. My loneliness is not quite to the state of depression, but in this essay, I hope to talk about loneliness in my life and my friends life.

The song, “Desperado” by The Eagles tells a story about a lonely life. Although my life isn’t as terribly lonely as Desperado’s, I am still lonesome. Skating is not a team sport, and sometimes being by myself makes me lonely. No matter how many people practice at your rink, once you take the floor, no one is there to help you. If you fall, you have to pick yourself up, because counting on another person to help you up is not even an option. Loneliness can also be affected by my friends who live in different states. A lot of my friends live in Andover, MA, because of C-A-M-P, and I only get to see them once or twice a year. It makes me feel empty inside, like I have no one talk to about my love of dance and theater. Even in school, I feel lonely. During the day, I am a very hyper person, and people laugh at me. Except, when I actually talk seriously, it feels like no one cares. Although I am lonely in these points in life, I can still be loved and cared for, unlike Desperado.

My friend Jess is becoming more of a Desperado every day. Although she has many friends, she seems to fade with the crowd. No matter how hard she tries, she never gets noticed. Also, her mom and dad are divorced, and her mom remarried. Jess went from being an only child to having two other sisters, and one of whom has a health problem. It was so hard for her to adapt to not only having sisters, but sisters who had problems. Finally, her mother has recently gone through surgery. This surgery has really hit Jess over the curb. She doesn’t seem like her normal happy self, but all I can tell her that this is only a phase. I know that even though Jess is going through these hard times, she will go back to her happy self.

The key to defeating loneliness is strength. If you don’t have the strength to pull through hard times, you will stay in long periods of sorrow. Strength is one of the main keys to happiness. The key to happiness can be achieved with the key to love. Without a love of something, weather it is family or a special blanket, happiness can not be found.