Exiled From Life

I feel like I've been exiled

banished to a place where

my voice is the only one heard

my face is the only one seen.

Trapped in a land inside my mind

where a fairytale life exists

unable to touch the harsh realities of the real world.

In a perpetual state of lonliness

a place devoid of touch, taste, and smell

a longing for intimacy of the body and mind

a need for soothing of the psyche and the soul.

Dreams deferred til the next lifetime

salty tears burning my face let me know I'm alive

but the shell of who I once was lies dead inside

no one sees the hovering pain - no one cares.

Running against the wind and loosing the race

the brass ring of happiness just beyond my grasp

...happiness not allowed when you're exiled from life.

©2013