Solitude

Alone But Not Lonely

unsplash — Nicolas Hans — “alone but not lonely”

Solitude is a word that is rich in meaning, is empathetic and rolls off the tongue, almost melodious and mellifluous in sound bytes. However for a such beautiful sounding word the meaning can be quite harsh.

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Solitude bears the scars of the hermit, the anti-social, the remote individual residing amidst a busy group of people.