The Lonely Mind

the lonely mind roams
and the lonely mind gets lost
and the lonely mind conquers itself
in loneliness and fear.

the lonely mind finds gray areas
and the lonely mind stays there
and the lonely mind refuses
to find shades of color.

the lonely mind enjoys being alone
and reveling in a pool of electrons
that charge up a downward spiral
when there's probably nothing there.

but all the lonely mind seeks is an end,
a companion that won't make it lonely,
a reason to avoid the ideas it designs,
a reason to avoid the gray.