"I taught myself long agohow to live with my lonelinessso that we both get what we want.I get to..."

“I taught myself long ago

how to live with my loneliness

so that we both get what we want.

I get to enjoy the small pleasures

while it gets my full attention

inside of my solitude. We’ve coexisted,

my loneliness and I. We’ve went on dates,

lost ourselves inside of films and books

and remained at peace with each other.

But now I’m afraid because I don’t know

how to tell my loneliness that I’ve met

someone who can hold my hand

while they hold my heart. Maybe I’ll let it

down easy. But who knows because I know

it will never be able to understand

how I can go from a sheltered solitude

to the inside of someone’s arms

where the possibilities are hopefully endless.”

- "My loneliness won’t be happy about this," - CB