Alone

 Alone

You walk beside me

You laugh aloud

We laugh together

Taking pleasure in the company around

Then you go

Then I go 

We separate at the door

I find my joy is no more

I laughed among the group

My emotions following suit

I believing I had found my joy

Yet here I sit in despair

I find that my joy and laughter there

is tied and connected to those about

Yet when alone I determine the truth

I have no joy to hold dear

I walk this place day in and day out

I put forth the work

I challenge myself to do more

Yet at the end of the day I find I am alone.

© 09/14/2020 Emma J. Willden