Alone

When you wake into
the great loneliness,
the cold cell of disconnect,
don’t turn away,
don’t rush into the arms of day
begging distance and distraction
carry you home.

Alone is a mistake made early
but not one we’re doomed
to wake into each day.
Missing something
is simply knowing
there is something to miss.

To wake cold and scared
is to want it back,
to know that distance and distraction
have led you from home.
Walk back to where you left yourself.
Bring yourself in
from the cold.