Silence

Lost until found

Alone, stand in a crowd,

Teeming masses, rumble past,

Fleeing or going,

No one knows or cares.

Switchback, whiplash of chaos,

Uncontrolled,  well contained.

Battle constraints of self control,

Conform to standards norm.

Lost in one way cul de sac,

Knowing no turning back.

Magicians deception knowingly,

Accepted for applause.

Acknowledge self constraint,

To hide true self beneath lies.

Know who you are,

Yet none know you,

For fear of judgement,

The loss of acceptance.

Obtuse insistence on unhappiness,

For others happiness,

Drains, kills inner peace.

Alone stand in crowd,

Observe my face on all around,

All lost on preconceptions,

Of distorted uniformity.

All lost to their true selves,

Locked, fighting within,

To free who they are.

Together we stand in conformity,

Lost to ourselves,

Lost, until found...