Adam Shirley

Blissful Solus

I stand alone

And the present is the past

And though times have changed

My loneliness will last.

 

But don\'t be mistaken

Because in an empty room

I find a benevolent solace

Not an unmerciful doom.

 

I seek no tinker.

I seek no pacifier.

No counselling thinker.

No optimistic liar.

 

What I seek is peace

A resolute silence

No one here to speak

No verbal violence.

 

It is not an escape

Nor a cowardly act.

It is not a plea for help

So don\'t dare to enact.

 

I will stand alone

In this comforting peace

It will not be forever

 

But I choose when to speak.