But... Poem by Diana van den Berg

I vont to be alone
for
I feel
battered
discarded
unnoticed
used
trampled on
by
so-called
humanity.

I vont to be alone
with my cat and my dog
and my Heavenly horse, cat and dog
but
there is a tenuous thread
that I reach out...
my lifeline
a request
a going
going
gone...

I vont to be alone
and soak in the sunshine
in leisure
and pleasure
but the need
to earn an income
decrees
that I must soldier on.

I vont to be alone
but...
I am!
Yippee!

And yes,
most
of the time
I am content
to be
alone.

(7 July 2013)