Solace in a Safe Place

When you are scared.

Solace in a Safe Place

I told myself I wouldn’t

reach for the gin,

but I did.

I am not sad, far from it,

simply unhappy, yet

surprisingly serene at

one and the same time.

It is a strange state of

equilibrium, unsettling

yet reassuring.

I miss the closeness and

the comforts of conversation,

laughing and warm skin,

but I feel somewhat

safer without,

so I reach for the gin.

 

02/10/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah yes, that moment you realize you are lonely, but kind of "better off without anyone" -- careful, that's usually when someone peeks around the corner at you ...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yeah and now I will run a mile! Thanks 'M'

[Lyn Anderson]

I once told a farmer the very same thing.:)

[Beccy]

Cold comfort perhaps, but better solace than despair. Eventually though, we all have to face our demons.

Beccy.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes but when the demons are forever.....................................

[Lydia Shutter]

Sir Beefeater can be quite the company at times such as the ones you describe here. He is non-judgmental and he is so comforting. No, he can not have a conversation with you, but sometimes the ice clinking in the glass is all you need. Good one, John. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Lydi, I am sure many of us lone 'warriors' feel the same.