ALONE NOT ALONE

Alone not alone

we really are not alone

in this lonely world

filled with lonely paths

adorned by thorny roses

and bushes thick with troubles

Alone not alone

we are indeed not alone

in this borrowed world

full of twisted tales

planted in pots of days

and pretty but cruel faces

Alone not alone

we truly are not alone

at least not until

we are all alone

in our final earthly home

six feet under the ground

Alone not alone

we sure are not alone

not until we are all alone,

gripped by the cold hands of death

and made to walk alone

the aisles of the land of no return.

 ©Gbeminiyi Alli 21^st Feb 2009