i need solitude
like an alcoholic
needs his drink
or a heroin addict
needs hisfix
 
i will crave
at least a
few hours each
day away from
the mundane time
to lose myself
in myself too
 
long with others
treated to their
small talk and
petty lives leaves
me like a
mad man spitting
at the sky
 
losing my way
as the world
around me suffocates
my only peace

James Quinton has been writing from an early age and he vividly remembers winning a writing competition at primary school. In more recent years he has had poetry and fiction published in over 80 ezines, magazines and presses. His first paperback poetry collection, ‘Ambulance’ is due for release late 2005. He is 26 and also is founder and editor of Open Wide Magazine, a bi monthly hard copy arts magazine.

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