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There was a time in my life that I thought I would be alone forever.
I've felt like a loner since I was a little kid.
I even remember making a birthday wish blowing out candles on my cake that I could one day be with someone who truly understood me.
Yes, I was an intense child prone to the dramatic.
What I realize now is that I just didn't have the words to describe what I was feeling.
Feeling alone doesn't have to be any particular way.
As I'm sure you know, you can be with someone, or be part of a group, and still feel completely alone.
And even though I'm married now, I still get that existential dread every once in a while that I'll be feeling alone forever.
As a writer, I've learned different ways to improve how I'm feeling.
Writing poetry is one of the best ways I know to describe an uncomfortable feeling.
Here are a few of my poems that speak to the word, thought, and feeling-state that is being "alone."
Poems That Speak to the Meaning of Alone
Alone Forever
It is a state
outside of the map
A direction
not yet created
Alone
is a way of life
For the lonely
Crowded spaces are tempting
but don't tempt me
Because
being alone forever
is the destination
Alone forever
Forever alone
Words together
that mean nothing in this nation
The Meaning of You
It's a path
you must walk yourself
It's a home
you must build
brick by lonely brick
It's a storm
of brewing desire
where no one knows
the real you
It's how you make meaning
It's how you break bread
A fruitless pursuit
for something deeper
Are you alone when you move
to your heart's desire
And are you alone
when the world moves you
Revolutions lead to devolutions
And the more you spin together
The more you unravel
the meaning of you
