Confined in an empty room
No one to talk to
Nothing to see
Just blank walls
Mirroring what is inside me
Am I sad?
Am I happy?
No words will describe fully
All that I want to say,
This silence
All mine to savor
Like a good friend,
Been there all this time
Cradles me in good times and bad,
Half-empty coffee mugs
Sit quietly across me
Words float in silence
As hours and minutes trickle away
Into moments
From sunrise to sunset
Dusk till dawn
Of precious solitude
Intimacy shared with
The stillness around me,
Alone
Yes that's how
The world sees me
And maybe I'm destined to be,
Alone
But never lonely.
02.28.22
©amsterdam
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