I once despised such silence
It signified I was less alive
Everyday filled with chaos
Environment I could thrive
Amongst family and friends
Never felt isolation before
My whole world ripped away
Left me broken forevermore
Abandoned, rejected, empty
Is the existence I now own
Incapable of enduring pain
I've chosen to remain alone
No longer serving a purpose
Neither to myself nor to you
This new life thrust upon me
Isn't worth muddling through
I have my blanket of isolation
The silence I've learned to love
No expectations and no excuses
This is all that I am capable of
©S. Austin Vincoski
