The World Within: IV of IV (A poetic chain)

Prev.: The World Within: III

You have yourself,

you are not alone.

How "alone" do you feel? 

"I am left alone," Alone? 
"I feel alone," Alone? 
"I have nobody and nothing," Alone? 
"I lost it all," Alone? 
"I was born alone and will die alone," Alone? 
"Wide awake in the late AM," Alone? 
"Sad, cold, and empty," Alone? 
"Alone, lonely, and afraid," Alone? 
"Nobody understands me," Alone? 

You have yourself, 
you are not alone. 

You have this breath 
you yet draw, this life 
you share with the birds, 
and the trees, and the winds, 
and all else you see and touch— 
you are not alone. 

You have, at least, one person 
who wishes you well. 
You do. 
You are reading this, are you not? 
You are not alone. 

I wish you well. 
I wish you healing. 
I wish you love— 
and may you give it, too. 
I wish you more life 
and a happy one. 

©benielangat, 2021. 

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Read here all four poems of The World Within poetic chain.