poem 012

January 29, 1994

LOST IN THE CROWD

ONCE AGAIN I STAND, IN THE MIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE

THEY DON'T SEE ME, IN THE CROWD OF ALL THE PEOPLE

THEY DON'T HEAR ME,IN THE CROWD OF ALL THE PEOPLE

I AM LOST IN THIS CROWD

LOST AND ALONE IN THE CROWD

MY HEART POUNDS, WANTING AND WAITING TO BE LOVED

BUT THEY LEAVE ME STRANDED IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD

ON AN ISLAND DYEING SLOWLY, LIKE THE WATER THEY SURROUND ME

BUT NEVER STOP AND SEE WHATS IN ME.

THEY HAVE LABLED ME AS A MUTE WITH NO WORDS TO SAY

AS STRANGE AND WANTING TO BE ALONE, SO THEY LEAVE ME

LOST IN THERE CROWD,

lost in the crowd

D.T.G 94