Philippians 2:3 

3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity,

each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another

as more important than yourself.

Self-imposed exile

Isolated from others ... doing that by choice

Smiling at loneliness ... taking self by hand

Mentally not bothered ... listening to one voice

Crying about aloneness that I don’t understand

Kicking up some dust that only self will swallow

Coughing in the sunset in search of some peace

Even the lust that at times overtakes and wallows

is now in a state of forgetfulness your nature to please

I’m just not that way! ... No! I can’t be that hollow

Do I need the “needing” ... of others in my life?

What am I to say ... should I blindly follow?

Should I be heeding to the prodding of my wife?

Jan Wienen