sbarne3 wrote:
I will keep out the chaos and shield you from the love.
I bring comfort... and peace... and discontentment.
I will never ridicule you and never praise.
Rest in my arms... I will swallow you in my weariness.
I ask for nothing in return... only your life.
I am the enemy.
I am a trusted friend.
I am solitude.
i like this - very much!
it reminded me of W.H. Auden's "Lullaby", which sounds like the NT upbeat version of your poem,
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"Lullaby"