thinking in verse

isolation

8:07 pm

sometimes i feel more isolated than ever

trapped in conversation where

everybody talks and nobody listens

because if we stop talking for a moment we fear we may fade

it strikes at any moment 

and i'm desperate for any sign that i'm not alone in the universe

that i'm not the only one that exists at any given moment

because even sitting face to face with society

hers looks down upon a screen

eyes locked in a world that is universes away 

so i lock myself into my own expanding mind 

as we drift further apart

it reminds me how upset i am

to be desperately needing connections in this lonely world

and how much i pity 

our perfectly isolated souls 

made up of

atoms that will never meet

our words 

the only lifeline 

leaving even the best of us 

swept away by time