LIN-635 · poem

Identity and Community

On wanting company and solitude at once: “There is no true solitude, only only.”

Writing

What it is

I don’t want to be surrounded by people. Or even one person. But I don’t want to always be alone. The answer is to become my own pet, hungry for plenty in a plentiful place. There is no true solitude, only only.

From Brenda Shaughnessy's poem, read in full at Poets.org.