Solitude

My internet was down a few days, so I was unable to post. Yesterday was Evelyn's birthday.

I am not lonely

In the shadows,

Whose velvet touch

Folds me close.

I am not lonely

In mad storming,

When silver waters

Brush my face.

Not lonely then,

But only

When the red sun

Of your eyes

Glares upon the nakedness

That is my soul.

Evelyn Coffey