Alone

Alone in a room
But I’m never alone.
My thoughts
My dreams
And the telephone
Sometimes I wish
That would go away
So it would not
Intrude on my
Reverie.

Sometimes
When I feel alone
Away from home
And from the phone
Away from pen
Or place to write –
Can happen day
Can happen night
There may be
A thousand there
In fact – with people
Everywhere
Away from friends
Away from phone
That’s when I feel
That I’m alone.

© 11/13/89 By Lucille Falk Miller