The Gift of Aloneness

My aloneness unfolds beside me,
Like the petals of a wild flower,
Each petal baring,
a piece of my soul.
Each petal unravelling,
the truth at my core.

 One petal,
for the stillness of time.
One petal,
for the clarity of my mind.
One petal,
for the peace in the now.
One petal,
for fears cast behind.

One petal,
for my inner courage forgotten.
One,
to unravel to me the higher Being.
One petal,
 to nurture my own childlike self.
And one,
for health within my fading shell.

One petal to choose whom I share my aloneness with,
And one last petal to relish this providential gift.

I sit with my aloneness,
cherishing it in my hands.
As it brings me back to myself,
in ways only the universe understands.