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Alone

I want to be alone

Only then, will the expectations disappear

Only then, will the pressure be lifted

Only the, will the burden and stress be gone

Only then, will I be alone

 

I want to be alone

Away from family and their worry gazes

Away from friends, for they don't understand

Away from my thoughts and feelings for they are not wanted

Away from myself, for am alone

 

I want to be alone

No progress to count

No accomplishments to be achieve

No pretending to be happy

No more tears that are silent

No more me to worry about

 

I want to be alone

Because then can I think for myself

Because then I can she tears for myself

Because then can I reason for myself

Because then, can I truly be myself

Because then will I not feel alone

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 5th Dec 2018 18:20

Some fear being alone. Clearly, you are free from this concern.
Solitude is a welcome thing when it is welcome! Being content in
one's own company is a blessing beyond price.

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Martin Elder

Tue 4th Dec 2018 11:13

Through all you have said here I can understand your desire to be alone. This poem puts me in mind of Rodin's the thinker who seems to me is a person left on their own with time to enjoy their own thoughts.
Nice one

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