Like an Island

Each day as I wake up

I was like, "Another day again !"

Another day to bear with my lonely self

And with my frozen heart

I refuse to cry !

I'm tired of getting hurt

Closing this heart as an amulet of pain

Got no friends to share

Nor a family to hold on to

Can't even burst these troubles renting my heart

Like an island I live

Numb to everything a human can feel

Guess it's better off this way

No apprehensions and alike

Just amenities of my horrid self

-Kathleen L. Burlas