When Solitude Is All...

When Solitude Is All I'll Ever Know

When solitude is all I'll ever know,

     and the moonlight's all the friend in my world,

as winds of warmth for me will never blow;

     a realm of mine to build will go unfurled!

Like a fortress, mental walls of thickness

     protect and insulate my gentle nature;   

hints of my manic-depressive sickness,

     like my surrender to a dismal future,

sometimes show. But from time to time, the God 

     of angels and heaven inspires a hope

and joy that no sly trickery or fraud

     can bring into being or genuine scope.

Whether in madness's hell or elation,

I find peace in the God of Creation. 

By Ngoc Nguyen

From: United States