I Have a Need for Solitude

I have a need

For solitude

I'll never be

Safe in crowded rooms

I like the sound

Of silence coming on

I come around

When everyone has gone

I have a need

For cool, verdant spaces

Beneath the trees

Secret empty places

Nobody knows

So no one will intrude

I have a need

For solitude

But you can find me

When the light is changing

At that time of day when there's

Little day remaining

You can find me where I've been waiting

Waiting here for you

I never was

The pretty girl in school

I never was

Fast, tough, and cool

All I was

All my life it seems

Was hard to love

Harder now to keep

But you can find me

When the light is changing

At that time of day when there's

Little day remaining

I have a need

For solitude

I'll never be

Safe in crowded rooms

I like the sound

Of silence coming on

I come around

When all the rest have gone