Loneliness
(Alone in a dorm. First Christmas in America)
How do I describe loneliness?
I feel in my body.
I feel in my heart.
I feel alone at night on a vast desert
Keeping company with twinkling stars above
I can not describe its hue
I can not describe its shape
I can not measure its hardness
Is it an emptiness in my heart?
Then what is emptiness?
Is it separation from people?
But monks seem to be content in a temple on a desolate mountain.
Is it a want of friendship?
But some feel loneliness in the midst of friends
I don’t know
I don’t know
I only know that it is here with me
Devoid of shape, color and weight
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