Unheard

We used to be so close

Now I feel like you look through me

We’d share everything

Now we are strangers passing

We would know each other’s pain

Now my screams fall on deaf ears

What changed to make you turn your back?

Am I not still the same person?

Does my heart not pump the same blood?

Do I not breathe the same air?

You hear but you don’t listen

You see but you don’t register

You observe but feel nothing

I try to talk to you

Make you listen

Banging my head on a brick wall

Pounding my fists until they bleed

Why won’t you listen?

Why won’t you hear my plea?

My heart shatters in front of your eyes

Tears flood out like a torrential downpour

Yet still you tune out

Only hear what you want to

I need your support

I’m desperate for your understanding

I scream louder to try and reach you

My lungs burst with the agony

You stare blankly

Message not received

I grab you, shake you

Implore you, plead with your heart

Yet your shoulder brushes me away

So cold

I drown in loneliness