anything except loneliness

solitary confinement

should have made me feel blue

because my friends were all far away

and the world was out of view.

i felt a lot of things i'd been trying to ignore

and i felt like the world was a ceaseless bore.

anything and everything, i felt it like a wave to shore

but not lonliness, no, i wasn't lonely anymore.

in a world of isolation i should have felt rough

because everyone around me was collapsing with a huff.

but in the world of masks i was at home.

i no longer had to fake a smile to feel less alone.

at last, everyone felt as trapped as i

it took solitary confinement for me to feel alive.