In The Company Of Loneliness Poem by RIC BASTASA

i do not
deny
that when
i am alone
fear lurks
in the corner
of my mind

it has been
there
from the
very
beginning

it has not
touched me
even once

i see it
and i
fear it

it has not
maimed me
i am speaking
in the
dark

verily
we have become
friends
in this
solitude

like a moon
that lights
the way
of the drunkard

it keeps
on listening
to the sound
of falling

it does not
help somehow
but
definitely
it has
been
strengthening
enough