Silent in the Crowd

Room full of voices, I'm mute in the sound. Lights on my

face, but I'm nowhere around. Crowds like an ocean,

I'm stuck in the tide. Smiles on the surface, I'm drowning inside.

They say, "How you doing?" I lie like a pro. Shake a few

hands, but they don't really know I'm standing right here,

still out of the frame. A background character, no one says my name.

Eyes pass through me like smoke in the air. So close to the truth,

but nobody stares. I'm alone in the middle of everyone else, screaming in silence,