Essentially I Live Alone

I loved young and passionately

Immersed in family and community

Paid willing coin of life’s moments

While unbound partner seldom ventured 

Into realms of future crafting

Remaining closed within herself

Now children grown and gone

Assume family and community mantle 

As it has been and should always be 

And so, I find my life described by

Commitment made to inward focused 

Partner as un-assisting burden carried

Isolated by circumstance

Separated by commitment

Essentially I live alone

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