Tears echo in empty silence

I continue to ask myself, "Why do I keep coming back to this?" and it is the empty silence that answers my question: "You are alone. Yes, you have many friends who treat you well. Yes, you have fun. Yes, you are outgoing and entertaining even to yourself. But, you don't have someone to fill that void that stands hazily next to you. You pretend to ignore the fact that you are lonely. You pretend that you are independent enough to not have someone in your life. But a haze cannot wipe away the tears; it can't give you a hug when you need one; it cannot laugh with you; it can't tell you that you're beautiful. That is why you continue to return to this. You want these things. But don't get so caught up in finding someone that it engulfs your being. For it is then that you know it is not a man you need to find but rather yourself." Upon hearing this echo through the empty abyss, repeating over and over the words I know to be true, I cry for the silence knows me far too well.