All alone No friends No one I trust Separated Different Don’t notice Not me Don’t care? Hope not Too smart? Too stiff? Don’t know. Please see. Scared. Help. Please.

Why me? My friends all fight I can’t get involved But I can’t not All alone No one to talk to Mask my feelings No one understands De ja vu So scared So lonely I need a friend

Dead Envious Proud Ruined Erotic Sensitive Sensual Erased Dreary

Depressed So miserable Tears falling down Not in control anymore The pain in my eyes I cry everyday, but all alone Why must I be so dang scared now? Past comes back to haunt me

There’s something inside Deep inside of me I don’t know what it is I’m scared Scared It’s a passion Roaring out in flames Stronger than life It’s complete and total love

A simple poem stemming from a debate I had with a U.S. military friend who recently returned from our latest war. It is a gentle and powerful attempt to explain some of my issues with the situation.

An angry, but humorous, piece dedicated to the classic writer Franz Kafka. A short, poetic expression of my feelings after reading his work "The Metamorphosis" and related essays.