To Be Alone <br />Solitude brings peace but not for long, being alone brings <br />restiveness, a longing for a voice even if it speaks banal <br /> utterances. Silence doesn’t make a man whole he needs <br />to hear voices, to make sure we are not alone in a world <br />full of noises that means nothing for the basic needs of <br />daily life. Simple things like “what’s on telly darling? ” <br />if we do not listen carefully we lose love behind words <br />of domestic murmour. If we lose the ability to listen out <br />for the ordinary we lose the big picture, our remoteness <br />becomes agonizing, like a constant hum of melancholy.<br /><br />oskar hansen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-be-alone-7/
