Isolation

26-Jan-2017

This is the first poem I ever wrote. I didn't write it of my own will, but because my English teacher asked me to do so. I never thought this poem would have a rippling effect, leading me to write numerous others. Anyway, let's return to the poem; it's about isolation. In the initial stanzas, I wrote words but couldn't relate to them; I just wrote them to complete the poem. However, in the last two stanzas, I wrote with my high school crush in mind. She never opened up to me, and that hurt during that phase.

Here it is:

I am amidst many

Yet the vibes of loneliness are uncanny

In a crowd I stand numb

In a commotion I hear none

I possess a body without soul

Leading a life without any goal

Drowning in a pool of misery

And suffocating in a room of grief

To some I am obnoxious

To some I am gorgeous

I am a stranger to myself

For years I have been on the shelf

No one desires to meet me

Nor trust me, nor believe me

The people I most care about

The people who I hold near and dear

Are the one I most fear

They keep me in dark, they leave me miserable

Yet, I don't hold feelings of envy and resentment

But, sheer affection and attachment