Alone

In my cabin

In the deepest depths of the darkest woods

on Earth.

The whirling snowflakes

in the howling storm

outside my cabin.

The quiet fire

The glowing embers

inside my cabin.

And me,

Alone.

On my rickety rocking chair

With the photographs of my family and friends

on my lap.

They are far

far gone.

And

Alone,

in my cabin, in the deepest depths of the darkest woods in the worst-howling storm ever on Earth,

I will cease

to be

alone.