Slightly Off Center
Alone
Alone is not expecting anyone to call.
When you're alone
you can draw doodles on your wall.
Alone is when you turn to your pillow
to say goodnight,
When you're alone
there's no one to fight.
You decide what movies you want to see,
the clothes to wear,
to comb your hair,
walk in the rain
or spend your money on cab fare.
When you're alone
your time is your own.
You can go upstate,
outerstate,
your bathroom
or sit in the hall.
Alone is not expecting anyone to call.
You can listen to Bach or Rock
or watch a flower grow.
When you're alone there is no place
you have to go,
You can meditate,
dream dreams of desire,
No one to get on your back,
there's nothing you can't hack.
You don't have to go to work,
can spend the day in the sack,
walk naked through your rooms,
open the curtain and hang a moon.
I hope someone will come soon,
I'm running out of ideas.
Was that the phone,
there's ringing in my ears,
Should I answer it
or pretend I can't hear,
make like no ones at home,
"it's your dime"
then hang up the phone,
I would like to be left
Alone.
©© Philip J. Rappa 1979
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