i write alone


i write alone i ride alone i read alone
i see movies alone
hear music alone
watch satellites slide across the sky alone
hike the trail alone
mow alone and then rake
contact with others is illusion
yet a pleasant collusion
a needed intrusion
a loving infusion
with accompanying confusion
which teaches me to remember
i write alone all over again
i am my own tap root
there is no sharesies on that
we can mingle above the soil
morning glories intertwined
willows bending with the wind
but hidden from the sun
where the transfer of needed nutrients occurs
we stand alone
we flourish or starve or are uprooted
whether or not the soil is suited to our souls
whether or not we have life goals
i stand alone outside my house
parts are over two centuries old
parts are not quite finished
a few dozen fireflies flash about
one flies high above the trees
experimenting in the warm southern breeze

i write alone i ride alone i read alone
i see movies alone
hear music alone
watch satellites slide across the sky alone
hike the trail alone
mow alone and then rake
contact with others is illusion
yet a pleasant collusion
a needed intrusion
a loving infusion
with accompanying confusion
which teaches me to remember
i write alone all over again
i am my own tap root
there is no sharesies on that
we can mingle above the soil
morning glories intertwined
willows bending with the wind
but hidden from the sun
where the transfer of needed nutrients occurs
we stand alone
we flourish or starve or are uprooted
whether or not the soil is suited to our souls
whether or not we have life goals
i stand alone outside my house
parts are over two centuries old
parts are not quite finished
a few dozen fireflies flash about
one flies high above the trees
experimenting in the warm southern breeze


Posted: Mon - July 5, 2004 at 10:38 PM        
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