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Created on: January 11, 2010 Last Updated: February 20, 2011
Solitude,
Fused one earth they share
Yet alone they stand
Inhaling this hot universal air
Year upon year unbent are the words
They must hear inside
Catching wishes with a net
Mended from the holes
One shall be granted soon I bet
Alone again in the quiet dream
As they hide their faces
Resolution awakens within
Bound by rising tides
To relive, laugh and feel free
It echoes in their hearts pending burst
Eventually giving way
Like a firefly seeking a night
Resting wings so broken
Yet committed to take a flight
So unspoken within is their solitude
In undertaken journeys
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