Alone again

Sometimes we are alone for too long and we have loneliness as our company. Other times, we are involved in a relationship for so long that we forget how it feels to be alone and we long for some alone time. I for one, don't like to be alone for too long and I don't like to be away from my family for too long. However, life is not always as I want it to be and so I had to learn how to be alone for a few months and then together with my family again. The following poem was originally written in Romanian by my mother, but she let me translate it to English and change it in any way I wanted. I did not change too much, but added the last four lines. Here is the result:

Alone again

I am alone again,
And counting steps and counting leaves
And counting faces... and everything's the same.
None of them old, none of them new.

I am alone again,
And counting flakes and counting stars
And counting dreams... and everything's the same.
None of them old, none of them new.

I am alone again,
And counting days and counting years
And counting torn leaves from a calendar
And everything's the same.

I am alone again,
And counting nights and counting days
And counting hours that I lived without you
And everything's the same.