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Where you’re not, I find peace

Where you’re not, calm surrounds me

A chilling silence. Alone I stand

The world is distant, peace is dead

I care nothing for your desires

Alone I stand, where I am free

I stay away from people

Alone and free, I find my peace

From human noise, my wounds find no peace

Where you’re not, I find peace

Where you’re not, calm surrounds me

My screams are trapped in life’s cruel cage

I can’t endure the human stage

Their voices wound; their chatter burns

Let me embrace the hate that churns

In the quiet of my aging home

No answers found, I’m left alone

I skip the crowds؛ I drift away

Finding myself where none can stay

Where you are gone, my peace lives on

I’ve chosen myself, without the throng

In the silent night, I speak with shadows

From the bright world, I leap in solitude