We are alone but we are not lonely

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ALONE

   LONE

   LONELY

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We are not alone but we are lonely

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Words – Losing their significance as form is given

Balloons – Floating, drifting, deflating as gas runs out

Loneliness – Rushing headlong into holes as fear takes over

Solitude – Satisfied as the dust settles and clarifies

 

“At times, the thoughts, bursting to the seams as we rest in solitude, can also burst in an instant as the balloon ruptures. All that is remains is an excess of desolation.” 

(Chiang Hsun, 2007)