The company of lonliness

In my castle I prance with my dearest friend, loneliness. He loves the shadows, the night when no one else is around, He comes to life when there is no life around. He tells me it's safe around him, that I will never be hurt if I stay with him.  I listen to him and he listens to me, I tell him all the stories I imagine and he tells me of the lives he lived. There is a freedom I feel while in his presence, like the world is at my disposal. Have you ever heard the story of the man and the woods? Loneliness said he knew someone one time who went into the woods looking for friends and he ran into a group of cannibals who ate him. I never want to be eaten so I'll make sure I'll stay in the safety of my friend.