Alone, I Am

A touch of the oxymoronic?

Alone? In a world population

Of 7 billion? I am. The “sum”

Of “cogito ergo sum”

I think therefore I am?

I think, therefore I am

Am I an extension of 

my own thought

How would that work

For a second person?

I think of you? Hey presto

There you are! Nah

Would lead to too many 

Disappointments. I asked for

A blonde. I was sent a brunette

I am an extension of my thoughts

You are an extension of yours

How come we both like Leonard Cohen?

How does that work out?

The mind’s a mystery? I’ll buy that.

Life’s a mystery? I’ll have to dispute that

Forrest Gump said, “life is like a box of chocolates”

I like chocolates. I prefer his definition. Same meaning

Different coating! Alone, I am? More a question than

A statement. Alone, solitary, isolated, deserted

Forsaken, friendless, forsaken, desolate

If you ask me, the meanings in the context

More questions, more mystery, more suspense

The “I am” is simple. Is it not?