If

while

barren

hallways

become invitations

are we lost

inside

our

own

fearful

conceptual

absolute reality.

Sitting alone

today

I ws forced

to imagine

where everyone

might choose to be

rather than with me,

yet instead crossed my mind,

the notion,

what compels me to hide

in empty spaces.

When there it seems

compelling

lately,

just recently,

really,

that I am the only one,

when another walks in the space

I occupy

solo.