i.’s Reviews > Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric > Status Update

"...the foundations for loneliness begin in the dreamscapes you create. Their resemblance to reality reflects disappointment first."

"Life is a form of hope? / If you are hopeful. / Maybe hope is the same as breath--part of what it means to be human and alive. / Or maybe hoping is the same as waiting. It can be futile. / Waiting for what? / For a life to begin. / I am here. / And I am still lonely."

"It strikes me that what the attack on the World Trade Center stole from us is our willingness to be complex."

"The weight on his heart was his heart."

"Define loneliness? / Yes. / It's what we can't do for each other. / What do we mean to each other? / What does a life mean? / Why are we here if not for each other?"

"Maybe, or death is second. / Second to what? / To loneliness. / Define loneliness."