open water surrounds me
endless skies welcome me
infinite space in all four directions
a plenitude of possibilities i cannot reach
sometimes i get a visitor
a menacing ship or a naive seagull
they come and go
but the sky and the water never leave
to me i am the universe
and to the universe i am nothing
i am alone, bobbing up and down, eternally
my solitude brings me peace
jn
Something I struggle with is loneliness and how sometimes, it feels inevitable to be alone. From walking alone on campus at night to riding the metro bus to the cliche coming-of-age moment where the protagonist tunes out the world and swims to the bottom of the swimming pool, I realized there is so much serendipity in feeling alone. It’s so comforting knowing at the end of the day, the only sense of permanence is your own existence.
