Alone

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Sometimes I like to be alone —

No friends or TV or cell phone

To distract me from my reverie —

As I let my thoughts and mind roam free.

I may ponder my future fate,

Or sit down with pencil to create

A sketch or a piece of poetry —

Whatever choice amuses me.

These times alone are rare indeed;

I have obligations and mouths to feed.

But these times I treasure for they give

My mind a chance to truly live.