2: Alone Time

Prompt #2 was to look at one of my pictures, and write about how it makes me feel.

 

I've always had a kind of complicated relationship with "Alone".

I like being alone. Not all the time, but it seems I enjoy being alone more than a lot of people. I like the feeling, the sense of freedom, the chance to let my thoughts settle, let my emotions wander where they will.

But then, there are times I really don't like being alone. Sometimes, maybe more often than I like to admit, I need to be with people, to support and to be supported. To feel connected. I need people to keep me from drifting off into Wish Space.

Then there are the times when I'm alone while I'm with people. Sometimes, that's great, like when I'm walking through a crowded shopping mall and nobody knows who I am. Sometimes, it's not so great, when everyone else is having fun and, for some reason or other, I'm not.

I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way.

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