So far as I was concerned,
there were two kinds of
loneliness.
The first
bore
the devastation of
loss
and the leeching quality
of need.
The second
was loving yourself
only
and viewing joy-
ful couples from ample distances,
abiding by
solitude
because it nurtured
the soul,
and cauterized the heart,
yet bled you dry of
need
slowly, now…
2014/’15