A l o n e
to be ok
a l o n e
is something
one must own
for many a man
and many a woman
boy
and girl
never learned
such a thing
not quite
how to be
ok alone
that it’s all right
to be
a l o n e
that it’s not
the end
of everything
if you look around
someday
and find
nobody there
but you
you still have you
the you that is infinite
and divine
don’t let anyone
or any thing
take yourself
from yourself
know your worth
from the get-go
don’t let nobody
decide that for you
but you
don’t lie down
and die
alone
or jump off bridges
and buildings
or slip from chairs
or beneath bubbles
or sip too much whiskey
and wheat
or down too many pills
or drop too many syringes
or breathe in too much powder
and dust
or take off to parts
unknown
without return
or head out to the middle of
nowhere
like a cowboy
without a home
or disappear into the cloud
like a pilot running away
from earth
from all their troubles
all the hard stuff
that comes with age
so teach the young
while they’re still young
that it’s ok
to be
a l o n e
that you will be
ok
if you find yourself
a l o n e
one fine day
you must keep going
on
for all things are connected
no one is ever only
truly
all alone
the wind is within
the breath of life
do not forget the you
that is you
and you a l o n e
to be ok
with one’s self
should be a life-long
pursuit
when it’s all
gone away …
there is still
you
be ok
with you
TL