Paralysis by Lucrezia Dal Toso

I hate being alone.
I hate it because love is a matter of
presence. It is made of touch and
closeness. And other virtual ways of
contact can’t substitute it. In a society
where individuality is always winning on
collectivity, staying just with ourselves will
let us know how much the other matters.
This is not a situation I want to be used to,
it is a challenge. I stay at home, but only
because I am looking forward to go out
again and see everything that is out of
these four walls with a new point of view.
We will touch each other again without
fear. Until then, there is nothing to stop
us from thinking each other so hard - and
maybe let each other know it.
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