They told me that I am never truly alone
But they didn’t tell me about the sleepless nights
Where my thoughts take over and crush my lungs
And my feet grow cold and my eyes grow hot
When everyone is asleep and dreaming
And the moon is laughing at my twisting and turning
They never warned me about the milliseconds in between sentences
When my mind stops and time pauses
And my hands clench and my eyes blur
Where everyone is laughing or talking or crying
And everything stops long enough for only me to notice
They didn’t speak about the time when I sit down at a table
And the conversation stops and every pair of eyes look at me
When the chewing ceases and my knees grow weak
And my face gets painted the color of cuts in your arm
Where my seat screeches into a conversation
And people’s mouths shut
They never told me about these times
But now I know that these are the moments
that
I
Am
Truly
Alone
Feb 25, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 at 9:34 PM UTC
They told me that I am never truly alone
But they didn’t tell me about the sleepless nights
Where my thoughts take over and crush my lungs
And my feet grow cold and my eyes grow hot
When everyone is asleep and dreaming
And the moon is laughing at my twisting and turning
They never warned me about the milliseconds in between sentences
When my mind stops and time pauses
And my hands clench and my eyes blur
Where everyone is laughing or talking or crying
And everything stops long enough for only me to notice
They didn’t speak about the time when I sit down at a table
And the conversation stops and every pair of eyes look at me
When the chewing ceases and my knees grow weak
And my face gets painted the color of cuts in your arm
Where my seat screeches into a conversation
And people’s mouths shut
They never told me about these times
But now I know that these are the moments
that
I
Am
Truly
Alone
