CELEBRATING SOLITUDE

"Lonely"? Who me?

I've got Netflix and smart TV.

"Lonely"? Not really,

I was going out, nearly.

"Lonely"? Not true.

I so enjoy my own company too.

"Lonely"? It can't be.

Cause I got a phone full of friends you see.

"Lonely"? Wait, I'll call my boys.

Except they are busy with girlfriends and toys.

"Lonely"? Damn! These voices are stuffed inside my head.

 Ahh..! Now I'm going to bed.

Alone listening to the nightly whispers, instead.

Oh! They give me bitters and shivers, better left unsaid.

Alone in my thoughts,

I try to link up the dots.

Alone in the morning I awake,

Sometimes from hangover or heartache.

Sometimes to stay busy, I even bake a cake.

Alone I celebrate my joys,

Alone, I string my guitar and make some noise.

Alone I voice out my fears.

Alone I cry out my tears.

Alone I struggle and fight.

Alone I pray for some solace and light.

Alone in wealth and strength.

Sometimes alone in wreck and ill health.

Alone I stand on my own feet.

Alone I fly in the face of all heat and beat.

Alone I fill up my travel diaries.

Alone I pluck the wild berries and create my own stories.

Alone I share what is mine.

Alone I toast with my old barrel's 1958 wine.

Alone, I try not to be alone.

Recapitulating, the wonderful days of past bygone.

Alone  I shall live it up everyday.

Alone when my time would come, I shall happily pass away.

                                     -Roy