Oh Yes

Oh Yes--Charles Bukowski

there are worse things than

being alone

but it often takes decades

to realize this

and most often

when you do

it's too late

and there's nothing worse

than 

too late.

The simplicity and truthfulness of this poem is so beautiful to me.  

We have all been alone, but for some reason it terrifies so many of us.  We are preoccupied with the worry of being alone.  Worrying about something that can be beautiful.  We take so long to learn that being alone we can capture the beauty of the silence and emptiness that surrounds us.

The time we take to finally embrace being alone we lose the most valuable thing we have.  Time.  Time is limited.  Moments cannot be returned.  We have to enjoy the time we have before it is gone, before we are too late.  There's nothing worse than too late.