I have a recurring problem
something that keeps happening
every time I “come home” from
an intense emotional experience
those experiences when I’m surrounded
feeling loved
by warm, friendly people
people with kind natures
people who guide and care for me
freely share their joys and sorrows
people who are family, friends
and I let my guard down
I let myself breathe it all in
the intimacy
the closeness
the peaceful bliss of being part
of an inner circle

and then it ends
the trip home again
the return to a vacant house
the overwhelming emptiness
of being

alone

lonely

again

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