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'How to be alone'
by Mary Cecil → (All Poetry by Mary Cecil)
Thursday, August 11, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A reminiscence about life

How to live and be alone
Like a spent wave lost
On a lonely shore
There’s crowded thoughts
To navigate between
What living was
And what it means
To live in a desert
Of a vanquished self
Or celebrate survival
That came in stealth
A hostage to circumstance
Unwilling to surrender
Your resilience and pride
Even as you fight to resist
The heartache
That lives like a firestorm
Hidden inside
So you wait for the waves
To recede from the shore
To feast on the memories
Those splendid days
Of love and happiness
You had in your days
That sings in your heart
So you’re never alone
On a lonely shore

© Mary Cecil 


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 Reviews of "'How to be alone'"
Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on August 15, 2022
No one, but no one
Can link the sea and love
and nostalgia as you do, dear Lady.
You are a gift to those of us who
appreciate these elements of life.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 13, 2022
A brave and noble thought. We all should live alone for at least a while to realize what it is that makes us able to adapt to that situation where we don't really have to defend on anyone but ourselves.

I tell everyone to leave grieving behind as quickly as you can and get back to the business of living.

Ron

Reviewed by audrine max
Reviewed on August 11, 2022
he's never lonely afterall. as in him are the treasures of his soul. i love this piece. thank you for writing this.


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