Loving Loneliness

Should my being alone Turn loneliness? Is it wrong Even if aloneness Turns loneliness? Isn't each moment of aloneness A treasure? Isn’t each loneliness A challenge-filled world in itself…? Does a primrose suffer darkness? Has a lotus got averseness of mud? Doesn't a cactus enjoy the desert? Don’t wild flowers take pleasure In blooming midst harshness…? Turtles, whales, Leopards, bears, Jaguars, Pandas, And Orangutans Enjoy being alone than in crowds... Love your being alone And feeling lonely... Best of arts and grafts, History is a witness, Have born out of Being alone and Feeling lonely... The only person I feel free to love During my loneliness Is my very self. I become my friend. I become my lover. I become my admirer. I become my adorer. I become my art. I become my craft. I become my pot and potter. I become my creation and creator… I plunge into action Like an adventurer. I am being born Or rather I take birth As an art, artist; Sculpture, sculptor; Music, musician; Poem, poet... Do not be depressed, hence, Or become downcast When the crowds fail Applauding you… Get out! Get away! Enjoy being alone; Being lonely... 09 October 2022