I walk alone
On my own,
My choices,
Mine to bear.
My shadow stalks
As I walk
Alone.
Prim and prompt
Plain, practical
Never one
To stand out.
Am one to balk
As I walk
Alone.
Some may fret
My silence
A worry
To family.
I hardly talk
As I walk
Alone.
No one knows
My desire,
My content
With silence.
Silent, tranquil
As I walk
Alone.
Few aware
Or assumed
I crave no
Company.
Distant from all
As I walk
Alone.
But. . .
Now I see
My grave need
For me to
Step forward.
Now I understand
As I stand
Surrounded.
Friends of mine
Dear and true
I took them
For granted.
That I see firsthand
As I stand
Surrounded.
What greater
Than the gift
Of love and
Company?
This I comprehend
As I stand
Surrounded.
How could I
Have been blind
To such grand
Bliss as this?
We are Hand-in-Hand
As we stand
Together.