Thoughts from an urban monk today:

We are never alone.

The more i go into alone
the less lonely i become
The more i dance in pain, the stiller i am in Joy.
Some fear being alone
but they have not yet
gotten to the bottom of this dark well
where the blooming begins-where color comes from.
When there, in dim water
we stand up and look towards Sky
our faces come clear
His Face lights on us, and
We are with all that is living in Him;
and we are never alone. For low
He is with us always
even til the end.

For, We are never alone.