Isolation
In a quiet place
Echoes and shadows
It's scary here
Isolation
In a crowded place
Noisy and cramped
It's a worse fear

I stand alone
In many respects
I don't have someone
To talk to most of the time
I stand alone
Even in a crowded room
I'll scream at the top of my lungs
Yet no one hears me
Or cares to listen

Loneliness is frightening
Isolation takes it toll
One must find comfort in company
Yet I've neither to call my own

I'm an individual
Unique and complex I'd say
I know no one like me
In any way

That uniqueness makes me happy
Yet sometimes it pulls me away
I want to find myself a place
Where I'm accepted but still my own

One can be alone in a crowd
In a group
One can find themselves secluded
From everyone
Including themselves
One can find themselves included
But still alone because they trust no one else

I'm alone
And I need a shoulder
To cry on, so I feel accompanied
And less alone
I need a key
To accept the lonely
To find my only
To be my own
To know
I'm me
And accept it
And be happy
Alone

I don't mind being alone
But sometimes isolation seems tedious
In that respect, I think I'm doomed
To stay alone. Because I can't trust
To be accompanied

Solo
One
A lone
I am
Alone

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