What does the poem Lonely Particular by Alice Walker mean?

In "Lonely Particular" Alice Walker explores themes of love, loss, and isolation. The speaker in the poem describes having an almost transcendent understanding of a lover, only to feel profound separation in a moment. The theme of separation and isolation can be found in the very concept of "lonely particular." The phrase itself points to an individual set apart by their emotional state.

However, this sense of alienation and particularity may not be wholly negative. The solitary figure becomes someone in possession of a unique, intense awareness, or "wildest vision/ Of you."