I am not afraid of loneliness

in GEMS2 days ago


Source

 
I am not afraid of loneliness,
nor the fasting of dazzled desire,
for the silence of my soul is clarity,
and in the calm I find my beloved.

I am afraid, however, of dependence,
that invisible bond that tightens the chest,
the need for a false presence,
like a distant echo, a defiant fact.

Living with someone, but being so far away,
intertwined in shadows of a twisted love,
is a labyrinth where there are a thousand reflections
of broken promises, of a wounded dream.