“I’m a loner.”
You say, but the TV’s on,
people there, living their lives.
Your favorite family, perhaps.
You wish you were part of it,
laughing, crying with them.

“I’m a loner.”
With the radio on,
someone sings to you,
or talks about politics, religion
and you agree, or yell at them.

“I’m a loner.”
On the computer,
social media, or chatting
with an old friend from high school
or a woman you just met.

Go to some deserted place,
a mountaintop,
some lonely, rocky shore.
Stay there for an hour,
a day, or a year.
What, or who
did you think about?
Then return, and say again
who and what you are.
Or better yet,
say nothing.