Hello lonely sock

Sitting atop the dryer 

Freshly dried but forgotten

As your other half is missing

the only sock without a pair

Oh lonesome sock

How it hurts to see you by yourself

Thinking about the money I wasted

I will never find your match

It is lost in the washer’s spin

And as I stand here in the laundry room

I ponder where it could have gone

Or if it just disappeared altogether

So singular sock

I know it pains you to see the other pairs

Living merrily together as one

Knowing that you will never be used again

Goodbye lonely sock

Although our time together was short

For just 40 minutes ago you were with your partner

And now you lay here, defeated

Thus, my heart breaks for you lonely sock

As I see myself in you.