Vacations

Wouldn't it be nice to wander through
The quiet and deserted streets of some
New European city, with a view
Of how it lives before the tourists come?
Wouldn't it be lovely to explore
The back woods of some untamed wilderness
Where waves lap on an unimpeded shore
And animals approach without distress?
Wouldn't it be darling to take time
To sleep in silence underneath the stars
Upon some mountaintop, and slowly climb
Back down without the smoke and stench of cars?
A common thread runs through these, you may see:
You're not in them, and I am solitary.