Solitude

I squeeze life

And let moments trickle

As a swirl of emotions gently set

And I watch my story unfold

And earn my solitude

To draw into me

A solitary star

To dissolve within my eyes

A drunken breeze

In the silent light that

Transpires all around me…

As truth bubbles forth – silence

Runs unceasing

Random silhouettes

Rise as paintings

And melt away in a moment or two

Random queries, forgotten, old,

Having lost their answers,

Return

Donning the mask of freedom

The heart frightens

Delight and despair

At the cusp of solitude

The soul speaks an infant’s tongue

At the end of each solitude

The spice of a solitary leaf

Of the wisdom tree

Wafts inescapably