wardeljory
12-15-2004, 06:45 AM
Alone
Alone in a strange city where no one
knows who I am or cares.
Wandering the streets until I am
tired enough to sleep,
Even a cabbie cuts me off
As I saunter across the street.
All the while I must decide if I have any value
if no one suitably proclaims it.
I will tonight eat alone, read alone, sleep alone, talk only to myself.
My head crowded with memories
of laughter and coveted sensuality,
of financial success and hypnotic admiration
Now is my time to be alone with myself
To discover who I am beyond cardboard,
To forgive all, including myself
To distinguish flattery
From inner courage
And develop solid confidence.
I seek no fantasy lover
No chorus of fleeting praise.
I am only who I am,
And today that is enough
Feeling the quiet and profound serenity
That nothing or no one on earth can ever take away
Alone in a strange city where no one
knows who I am or cares.
Wandering the streets until I am
tired enough to sleep,
Even a cabbie cuts me off
As I saunter across the street.
All the while I must decide if I have any value
if no one suitably proclaims it.
I will tonight eat alone, read alone, sleep alone, talk only to myself.
My head crowded with memories
of laughter and coveted sensuality,
of financial success and hypnotic admiration
Now is my time to be alone with myself
To discover who I am beyond cardboard,
To forgive all, including myself
To distinguish flattery
From inner courage
And develop solid confidence.
I seek no fantasy lover
No chorus of fleeting praise.
I am only who I am,
And today that is enough
Feeling the quiet and profound serenity
That nothing or no one on earth can ever take away