The safest form of loneliness:
On a couch with a flickering Casablanca,
An icon of safety in a night of tantalizing monsters.
Back craving a warm half-moon,
But the space between the stars is slowly swelling.
The most malignant form of loneliness:
A cat arch to a finger tracing its way up your side,
Seeing the Universe fall away as it loses interest in you,
Its inept vestal virgin, hypnotized by candlelight inside.