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Alone in a room

full of strangers

Feel like I'm in a tomb

Locked away from all danger

But I'm shut out

they won't let me in

I scream and shout

like the drop of a pin

They won't hear me

Don't care what I have to say

They won't come near me

Don't know what drives them away

They have their cliques, they have their groups

I feel so alone against the troops

I try to communicate, I am so friendly

but the looks they give me are really deadly

I can feel their wall

and I feel so small

Wanna break the barriers they put up

although I know they want me to shut up

I don't know what their game is

didn't realize life was like this

what a pain, what a trip

hope I can get a grip on myself

Author's Notes/Comments: 

written ages ago...but ya know what I mean feeling alone in a room full of strangers? Crazy right? Surrounded by people you don't know and feeling so very lonely and alone and afraid to reach out and touch and afraid to be ignored or made fun of or whatever...so this poem was born...so there...beware...

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©17 December 2004 - 2:15pm — pamschwetz
17 May 2005 - 9:43pm — Brent Jones (not verified)
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Sums up the feelings very well. Loved the line "I scream and shout like the drop of a pin."

29 April 2005 - 12:06am — Ruth Lovejoy (not verified)
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can relate have felt this way at points myself

28 April 2005 - 11:17pm — fighter4life
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I can so relate to this, very well written.

3 August 2005 - 8:07pm — Delicate Rose (not verified)
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this part is like me a lot:
Alone in a room
full of strangers
Feel like I'm in a tomb
Locked away from all danger
But I'm shut out
they won't let me in
I scream and shout

Great job! I love your poetry! *hugs*

Love, Destiny