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Ode to Solitude

Sometimes I think I'll lose my mind
if I think about her one more time
I'm not entirely certain why
but every time she goes I want to cry

I feel as though my world is bound to her
like there is no other person on this earth
things like this I can never explain
like the reason we watch the falling rain

I take comfort in that I am not alone
in my quest to reach the perfect one

there are others just like me
who are blind while others see

I follow the roads through happiness and out the other side
I find peace in the light, but in the darkness I'm forced to hide

these things I feel are beyond belief
like the salvation of a tree in a single leaf
In my mind it makes no sense
how I live in my ignorance

Alone at night I lie awake and count the stars
I've found that it's the only way to pass the hours
My heart belongs to a precious soul
but without her I feel so old

to a bird without a song
the day may seem so long
as the hours make their way through their routine
to return to a place they have already been

My mind is wrapped around her heart
and conjures up a picture of a piece of Dali art
things that I may call rigid simplicity
there are those who call them wild eccentricity

i can't control what crosses my mind
because she is there pretty much all of the time
she occupies me throughout space and time
but her heart can never be mine

Now I grow weary
because I see now so clearly
but which is to be right?
Heart or mind
should I give up the fight
or live alone all my life
pining for what can't be mine?

It can't be right to live like this
with turmoil and inner conflict such as this
Day in, day out, it eats at my soul
this solitude that makes me feel so cold

In times like this I am force to feel
a pain that is much more real than real.

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