Peace in Solitude

To embrace solitude is to find peace. Solitude, everybody feels it. Even when we are young, we sense it sometimes, and look away when a friend drifts apart. Then we laugh for years in the bustling crowd, carefree and fulfilled. But a friendship, that started with joy, dissolves into whispers at a party, and a sibling from youth fades slowly without a word. If a close bond sustains us through tough times, our dearest ally will leave at their warmest and most genuine. New acquaintances come and go. All go. The friendly neighbor who mentions that he's not staying is fleeting. The closest friend, busy with his own life, withdraws under stress he cannot manage. Another colleague of decades turns distant with a comment that fractures ten years. Let us walk in the forest at twilight and accept that it is calming and gentle to find peace in solitude.