Solitude

The world haunted me, plunging me into dark depths, as Clarisse had written long ago. After a Sunday with no contact with a living soul, no cell phones, no television, nothing. Just me and my loneliness, I had an epiphany. Liberating. I understood what they wrote about being our best company. And even more so. How it is possible to enjoy the company of those we feel affection for and yet prefer to be alone.