Alone

I can’t breathe

My head is foggy

Too much on my mind

I need to be alone

I can’t think of others

I know that is selfish

But time on my own,

To think, is what I need

There is too much noise

Going on around me

I need silence to think

To breathe on my own

There’s too much going on

All the glitter and the voices

Always growing and expanding

Needing too much time

I know I am too solemn

Not enough smiles

Too much darkness

Crowding out the light

I want to be invisible

Not accessible to others

Shedding all attachments

Living my life free

Jo Anne Kennedy

August 2015