if you're wondering where to find me
i'll simply be here,
watching
i'm not lonely, exactly
just alone
but usually like it that way
until i do get lonely
it creeps around the corner
and slides through the cracks
of the wall around my heart

but that's enough
i think to myself
self-pity is nothing a smile can't take care of
it requires nothing but patience, contentment, and
thoughtfulness
to simply
sit on the sidelines