Impressionism

Go to the movies where it's dark and soothing
Alone in your seat amidst a fleeting community
And then, take yourself out dancing to a club where no one knows you
Stand on the outside of the floor until the lights convince you more and more and the music shows you
Dance like no one's watching, because they're probably not
And if they are, assume it is with the best of human intentions
The way bodies move genuinely to beats is, after all, gorgeous and affecting
Dance until you're sweating and beads of perspiration remind you of life's best things
Down your back like a book of blessings
Go to the woods alone
And the trees and squirrels will watch for you
Go to an unfamiliar city
Roam the streets
There's always statues to talk to
And benches made for sitting gives strangers a shared existence, if only for a minute
And these moments can be so uplifting
And the conversations you get in by sitting alone on benches, might have never happened had you not been there by yourself
Society is afraid of alone though
Like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements
Like people must have problems if, after a while, nobody is dating them
But lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless
And lonely is healing, if you make it

Perhaps in the interest of loving oneself
Perhaps all those "sappy slogans" from pre-school over to high school's groaning, we're tokens for holding the lonely at bay
'Cause if you're happy in your head, then solitude is blessed and alone is okay
It's okay if no one believes like you
All experience is unique
No one has the same synapses, can't think like you
For this be relieved, keeps things interesting
Life's magic things in reach