To Be Alone

To Be Alone Solitude brings peace but not for long, being alone brings restiveness, a longing for a voice even if it speaks banal utterances. Silence doesn’t make a man whole he needs to hear voices, to make sure we are not alone in a world full of noises that means nothing for the basic needs of daily life. Simple things like “what’s on telly darling? ” if we do not listen carefully we lose love behind words of domestic murmour. If we lose the ability to listen out for the ordinary we lose the big picture, our remoteness becomes agonizing, like a constant hum of melancholy.