loneliness

i’m all alone tonight, my wife left yesterday to visit a friend and took my daughter. she’ll be back tomorrow some time (i hope :)
i’m realizing right now what really being alone is. i haven’t been all alone very often, there’s usually friends, family, roommates, etc.
but tonight there’s no-one. i’m just realizing how much i have come to depend on the closeness of other human beings.
sometimes you wish for some time alone and it’s good, but when forced on you, it’s not as good. i am going to make up my mind to enjoy this time by myself,
watch an old movie, make some food, curl up and watch bogart kick some ass. but even though it will be good, it will be bittersweet, since it would be better if
my wife and daughter were here to sit with me. melancholy baby, i hear you.

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