Lonely Crowds I am loneliest
when surrounded by
large loud crowds of people
barge into my brain
I feel so insane
Can I remain?
They talk. I don’t,
they joke
I can’t relate
they laugh
I debate (to myself)
are they laughing at me?
Tense thoughts flow throughout my head
down to my feet and up again
mingle with my blood
owwwwhhhhhh let me leave
let me sit alone
let me put caffeine into me to relieve the tension
their faces bulge at me
I am inverted.

Let me look inside myself
so I do not have to notice
the extraterrestrial human race
that surrounds me