Loneliness - Solitude

"Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room

and being aware of the space around you.

It is a condition of separateness.

Solitude is becoming one

with the space around you.

It is a condition of union.

Loneliness is small,

solitude is large.

Loneliness closes in around you;

solitude expands toward the infinite.

Loneliness has its roots in words,

in an internal conversation

that nobody answers;

Solitude has its roots

in the great silence of eternity."

Kent Nurburn