The theme o’ the week is snapping cords, softening your heart, and fasting from media & technology.
Which means — temporarily — dismantling your current reality.
The way you engage with your people.
The way you show up in the world.
Which reminds me…
You can be alone, and never be lonely.
You can be lonely, and never be alone.
What’s your relationship with isolation?
Is it terrifying? A welcome refuge? Or simply not part of your creative rhythm?
How does sit, in your cells? In your soul?
Whatever you feel — light, dark or spiraling gray — is right & true.
I wrote a poem for you.
the benefits of isolation
the benefits of isolation
are singular and many–
and manifest in manifold
words that are your comfort,
when your solace is the silence
of the space between the ticking
of the hands upon
the clock
when you wear a daily ditch
in the sidewalk that you take
precisely where
you need to go
and not a step beyond
and you know you have arrived
when the homeless man has got a point
and the raving addict is lying true
and the roiling zealot endears himself
to you
and i
and i haven’t spoken to anyone in days
and i haven’t missed the sound of my voice
and i wonder if i should
I’m a great fan of isolation, myself. Something about being alone with yourself, it changes things. The trick is to not get sucked into the internet…such an easy, noisy distraction.
I love being alone and isolated. I’m used to it. It’s being around someone all of the time that’s annoying =P
Lovely poem! I especially like “when you wear a daily ditch/in the sidewalk” — excellent use of alliteration.
I pretty much require periodic bouts of insulation in order to feel fully human. Not always; just, like, halfways. No alone time = seriously jumbled brain cells.
I think my mind is confusing being alone and being lonely, as it always wants to trick me into thinking I’m lonely when I’m just alone. Hmm, gotta figure out a smart way to trick it back! ;)
i like this poem.
i enjoy being alone too.
This poem is a beautiful illustration. Very much on point. Personally, I find that because I try to give myself wholly to others (friends & strangers alike) – bouts of isolation here and there are essential to recharge and really know just what it is that I’m giving out.
I increasing guard my isolation. It’s my recharge space.
I go lie by the river for an hour…maybe two and just stare at clouds…watch people
I’ve also gone an entire day or two without speaking to a soul.
I like it!