LONELINESS

A man or woman

is basically alone.

Be he/she is in the midst

of a crowd

or in a crowded train

either long distant or

a suburban train

or with his/her friends

or with his/her family

husband, wife or children

or listening to melodious songs

or rock in rapt attention

or enjoying a scintillating dance

by pretty danseuses

or playing cards or

for that matter any game

or ringing up and talking

to his/her lover

friends afar, cracking

jokes with them or playing

pranks on them

or writing or reading even

when the city is roaring outside

and wherever he/she is

either sitting or lying

alone in his/her room 

or meditating inside a cave

at the foot of Himalayas

like a hermit since decades

man or woman is basically alone…

and from persisting

loneliness no escape

for him/her….

until his/her last breath…