Not to be yearning, seeking, hoping, desiring, aspiring.

But to pause, and be alone.
And to have one's own "gentle spouse" by one's side, of course, to dig one in the ribs occasionally.

Because really, being alone in peace means being two people together.

Two people who can be silent together, and not conscious of one another outwardly.

Me in my silence, she in hers, and the balance, the equilibrium, the pure circuit between us.