Alone in a room full of people
Cacophonous voices all talking at once.
I try to think, I try to speak,
My words are drowned, my thoughts sink.
A million people but I am one,
Content to sit alone
Rather than be part of the mob.
I can't hear a word
When someone tries to talk
I seek solace in my head
But refuge there I find none.
Oh, let this torment end!
Let me be at peace!
Caught in a whirlpool of endless noise,
Adrift in the storm
With no hope of release.
My heart grows faint,
My sight begins to dim,
When a lifeboat of grace
Comes to save the day!
A text on my phone,
From Mom:
"I need you right away!"
Free!!
At last, I grab my coat
And to the door I run,
Arms try to pull me back,
I shake them off
And I am gone.
I lock the door of my car
And sit in darkness a while,
Finally peace,
Finally quiet,
I've found some silence at last.
True the text was a diversion,
A little white lie, I admit.
My mother doesn't really need me
But early we had agreed,
I had to get out of there, fast!
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A Collection of Poems
PoetryI don't know yet exactly what I'm meant to do. Whether I'm meant to write novels or poems, or whether I'm supposed to draw and tell stories through pictures. Sometimes I think maybe it's both. Maybe I'm supposed to teach History to young children. A...
