Escape to Joy

Today he feels alone.

A profound loneliness.

He seeks retreat,

to solitude and silence. 

“There’s too much noise!” 

Caught between two worlds

 not only created,

but one from which to escape.

Wandering about

he senses a shrinking world

pressing him into a 

tomb-like trance.

As gentle tears fall 

upon the redness of his cheeks

nourishing moisture births

a meditative epiphany. 

He feels freedom 

in loneliness.

No longer seeking escape,

but embrace.  

Within alone-ness

lies fortitude,

gifted by

gently flowing tears.

“Today I choose joy,” he says.

“Today I choose joy!”