Loner meets Lonely!

You are in a room filled with people

Everyone is calling out to you

But you choose your martini

Decline everyone’s company

And sit alone on the window sill

Absorbing the peace, the night spills...

The black sky with a few stars

The packed streets and passing cars

The distant moon and the tall buildings

You hear sounds but listen nothing

You keep staring into the darkness

You are enjoying the solitude

And wish you had this always!

Your eyes fall upon a distant window

There is a girl sitting on her sill

Her lights are dim and room is still

You look further and see a single bed

In a small room neatly kept

Beside a bookshelf and computer table

And she dressed to be comfortable.

Of course, she lived alone.

She held a glass and stared at the moon

Wish that could have been you!

You will have time, just for you

You will have time, to forgive yourself

You will have time, to let go of your past

You will have time, to search your soul

You will have time, to understand the stars

You will have time, to read a book

You will have time, to develop a hobby

You will have time, to pursue your creativity

You know you will invent something too!

How lucky she must be,

To have all her time just for herself!

You pull out your phone and zoom in on her

She looked beautiful and yet, somehow sad!

You don't understand.

How can grief exist, amidst such peace!

She had no one to please,

She could do anything she wanted.

She could watch a movie eating noodles,

Or step outside for a walk or a drink.

She could get lost inside a novel,

Or just concentrate on her breathe .

There was no one to judge her,

Nor was she obligated to behave.
Why did she still wear that frown?

Across the street sits the lonely girl,

Staring at the couple, holding hands and walking!