Being on your own

I think he meant it
as a good thing
"You had to be on your own
a lot"

Well,
Thats where all my
problems started
I said

He was silent
But I suspect
He didnt quite agree

Who on Earth
likes to be alone
a lot?
And who likes and needs that
when they are 1?

32 years later
I need a lesson in being alone
and cohabiting with the panic.

I'll just have to.