Loneliness

I sometimes feel I am plummeting into loneliness.   It is the ache and chill that occasionally comes with feeling alone.   I begin to feel the pain of being separate, not part of the whole.

I want to befriend this feeling of loneliness, not turn away from it.   Allow the free-fall into loneliness become instead the feeling of soaring.

While I may be given companions to help me along the way,  I want to learn and enjoy the pleasure of walking alone.  All the while I will carry my companions in my heart.