Alone Surrounded

 

 

Alone Surrounded 12/24/12

Do you see me?

I feel as if to you I am invisible,

Even though we stand in the same room.

For a moment would you look at me?

If only for an instant could you come close

And show interest?

You can be there,

Right beside me talking now

And yet, I feel so alone.

I'm surrounded on all sides.

You are in the room with me,

But somehow you are not

With me -

Not in the way I wish you were.

Just because you are near to me

Doesn't mean you haven't left me feeling alone.

For a moment could you take the time

And talk with me?

Not talk at me about inconsequential things,

But talk to me -

Talk to me about how life is going for both of us

Or what ways we have grown in Christ this year.

I wish you would.

You have left me feeling this strange kind of lonely

The kind of lonely that comes from feeling ignored

And at times blown off.

I don't begrudge you for it

I only wish the word “together”

Meant more than standing in the same room.


~ZA

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