2003-08-20 - 11:04 p.m. - alone

I attended a poetry workshop tonight and during the writing part of our session, we had to write a poem about something we feared. I was amazed at what some people could write in about 20 minutes - the time we were given for the task. It felt like two minutes to me, but here's my first draft without a title:

I am afraid of being

alone

Not for a day, a week, or even years but

alone

through time

Alone

as my intimacies embrace only themselves

Alone

as the night's darkness lulls me to sleep

Alone

as the morning rays of light tap on my eyelids

Alone

as life's vast collections of emotions hang wrinkles on my skin

Alone

as the creeks of my bones echo through the house

Alone

as I take my last breath.

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