Stranger

I am a stranger in this world

Alone and confused

No sense of belonging

I have nowhere to go

Nowhere to be

And no people to see

I wander the streets alone

A faceless person in the crowds

No one to notice who I am

My dreams are unknown

My words never heard

As no one will listen to me

My heart is empty and broken

No one to fill it with love

I am unknown and unwanted

I sit on the park bench

Watching the people pass me by

They never stop to notice me

People ignore me

Pretend I am not here

They just walk on by

‘Here I am’ I shout

This falls on deaf ears

No one hears my call

I am unknown in this world

A stranger and a wanderer

No one knows my name

What can I do, what will it take?

For people to stop and listen

To once just ask my name

A few words that’s all it takes

A smile, a nod or a wink

Just to make me feel alive

Jo Anne Kennedy

July 2016