Lonely.
Fading.
Wanting.

Wanting
wanting
wanting.
Wanting more.
Wanting something.
Wanting somebody.

Fading
fading
fading.
Fading invitations.
Fading tan lines.
Fading scent.

Lonely
lonelier
loneliest.
Lonely is she who rejected.
Lonelier is he who was rejected.
Loneliest is the one who had neither.