Alone
Cast off from everyone
I sit in my solitude
Shaking and trembling
For human warmth and comfort
I watch
As if in a caged box
People walking
Laughing
Hugging
Kissing
All the things
I can not do
I yearn for what
I can never have
The key to the lock
To let me join
All those who ignore me.

© A. Beckman