I need to be alone
I want to smell the stale air
Indulge in cracking silence
And bask in unmoving shadows
nothing is heard nothing is seen
nothing is remembered
everything is clean
I need to be alone
and sway along to unheard songs
that echo in my head every day
I want to be aware of every still hair
upon my head, to feel them grow
I want to see myself without a mirror
I want to be myself by myself
Let my thoughts wander
with every passing hour
the only interruption my blinking eyes
I want the scenery to stay the same
no matter where I turn
I want to never contemplate
the memories so long past
or the ones from today

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