Loneliness and Solitude
/There is a difference
Between loneliness and solitude
Loneliness being a disquiet
A desperation
That feeling that one has been abandoned
Shunned
Is unwanted
Unloved
Solitude, by contrast, imparting a sense of the serene
A calmness
That realization that one is secure
Safe
At peace
They share one aspect:
That of being alone
Not necessarily removed from human connection
But apart from it
As one can be lonely within a crowded room
Where friends seem as strangers
As it feels all have turned away
And none care
Yet one too can feel solace
As in a quiet library
Possessed of solid furniture of oak and leather
Dust motes settling in a shaft of sun
The scent of books and glue and binding
In the comforting presence
Of words and thoughts and imagination
Where you feel that it is you
Who have turned away from others
And found with introspection
The gentle strength of being
At the warm center of your soul
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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