Crowded Sea

I’m trapped in my ocean of loneliness in this crowded sea

Familiar faces encircle me as the room swells with glee

Surrounded by expired conversation and stale stories

Everyone jostles for their turn to share their glories

No one is listening, only waiting for their turn to speak

As if what they have to share is important and unique

Alien on these foreign shores, I find myself adrift

Without winds of change, nothing will ever shift

They see me as a friend. I see myself as a stranger they know by name.

Does anyone pay attention? Do they notice I’m no longer the same?

Loneliness is my longest friend, with a visit that never seems to end

Waves of emotions crash into me as I feel everything in this amity sea

Pieces of me, memories, captured in the grains of sand,

I try to hold them tight, but they sift through my hand.