My solitude and I walked hand in hand, the horizon, a fiery pink,

I turned and asked what lay beyond, my solitude started to sink,

She smiled and vanished leaving behind a wicked wink.

Confused I shook my head, stunned, bewildered and aghast,

My solitude I thought would be with me through to the last.

Bemused I muscled through the cobwebs of my mind pretty fast,

Enlightened I realised, my solitude was but a quest,

In this pandemonious journey she was just a momentary guest.

I fretted and fumed,
I prayed, for I was doomed.
Solitude, I knew would safeguard my soul best,
But woebegone each desire loomed like a pest.