Current Affairs

Standing outside my life
Waiting for some emotional express
to run me down, or pick me up
or pass me by.

Scanning the empty crowd,
Looking for an unfamiliar face,
A voice I don't recognize or
a smell that doesn't spark a memory.

My jam packed, way too busy,
Can't find a moment to spare life
Seems to roll on without my knowledge
or consent.

I am surrounded by ghost people
pulling on me like so many
Transparent Lilliputians.
I'm not alone.

But I am so lonely.