They say,
If you are comfortable
in your own skin,
you will never be lonely
I tell them,
It's not that I am uncomfortable,
it's just that my own beating heart
is not loud enough
to echo off the walls
of my too-small apartment
on Saturday nights
when the city
is just starting
to wake up
They say,
You should not crave
a relationship
to fill the hole of loneliness
I tell them,
I do not crave him
for the sake of company,
because I breathe on my own terms
and I yearn for his presence
no matter who is around
They say,
Loneliness can be cured
by looking inside yourself
I tell them,
I have looked,
and I see a girl
the rest of the world
should miss when she's away,
but whose absence
never seems to be noticed
