ALONE

Do you know what it means to be alone?

what it feels like to be in a room full of noise but the only thing you can hear is silence,

Do you know what it feels being at the back of the pack,

Knowing fully well you got everyone's back covered but looking at your back and seeing nobody got it covered,

Do you know what it feels always watching victory dance through the windows of defeat,

What it feels when the only food you get to eat every time is a cold plate of losing,

Do you know what it feels to love someone with all your heart and everything you got,

And getting your heart broken and rejected and your soul killed by the very person you'd give up your life for,

Do you know what it feels being an orphan, a widow, a widower or having a special bond permanently broken,

What it feels when the only place you can find the people you loved most is in your memory,

Do you know what it feels to die and forced to spend the rest of your days under the ground,

What it feels like staying alone in a cold little wooden box and the nearest person to you is six feet above the ground,

Do you know what it feels being insane living a life that's as good as death,

What it feels to be an outcast because of brain damage you never wanted,

Do you know what it feels going days without food or water, not knowing where your next meal will come from,

What it feels being a little child and dying from starvation,

Do you know what it feels to be alone?

I know what it feels being alone.

- Okoro Favour Alexander