VIRTUE

There is a virtue in being alone

Some fear aloneness
As if it too closely mimics death

The truth is
Death so closely mimics no time to be alone

From aloneness comes the creative force
Out of loneliness God created man
So scribed the ancients

Out of loneliness man creates visions
And from these comes reality:
Concertos, ballads, paintings, sculptures,
Tools, cathedrals, order

While there is virtue in union In collaboration
Some things must be done alone

There is virtue in being alone

Worrell—04/29/08—8:30 a.m.
Highway 71 East to Austin and Bastrop