Solitude has been my friend
Far long as I can remember
Shadowing me,  protecting me
Keeping all vice asunder

But loneliness somehow
Found a crack in its shield
Crept in, in silence
And in silence does it wield

Its spears so powerful
So intense and deep
That my heart has no wound to show
Cornered into a gusty weep

Knowing what I now know
There's nowhere for me to go
As I take blow after blow
Fighting again to grow

To stay steady and be strong
With the weight I carry along
Seeing just one face, among
All the people in the throng

My heart had learnt acceptance
And pain was a dull ache
But now it ****** as pins and thorns
A penance for my mistake

One look one touch was all
That was needed for me to fall
So fresh although so long ago
Every moment in recall

Somewhere somehow I was moving
Going on my way
My heart had learnt some silence,  
My mind guided my day

But now in vehemence
My heart reflects it all
Oh how am I to catch myself
When again I am sure to fall