. I speak as someone who dances on an empty dance floor ALONE (while sober). I speak as someone who eats ALONE at a cafe.  .  Yes,  I have the confidence to do these things . But I also fully accept loneliness and merge it with the fibre of my being. . Yes,   I am lonely.   .   But I am also confident enough to keep living my life And at the same time never let me become ever "owned" or hurt again! . Friendship and Love are weaknesses,  I am trying to learn to no longer tolerate, from myself, anymore. .