Happiness Fades

Sideways glances fall my way,

I walk past longing eyes.

Whispers cover me night and day,

These voices follow, I despise.

People talking from sunrise to twilight,

My ears are tired from all the noise.

Wishing that I can simply take flight

With no choice I stand bold and poise. 

I am a scrap of meat in a crow's nest.

I am a drop of rain in a dry, dry place. 

Surrounded, consumed, by all manner of pest,

I am losing the vision, losing my face. 

Centrally kneeling within the center,

Naked, alone, exposed, afraid.

Outside the gates, too weak to enter.

I stay where I am as happiness fades.