a lone

alone is a man, who you can't live with or without
he comes to you when his advances are unwanted
and leaves you when you need him most desperately
a healthy relationship with alone is hard to balance
but i've seen it done
he lets me come to him sometimes - those are the best,
the most intimate
his affections are worth the trials he brings
and only he can understand the spaces he fills, the need he makes

alone is a crutch or a fingernail bit too low
he won't leave me
- alone
like empty space, can never give