Alone (powerless)

I turn to you

But end up more alone

I telephone hoping to connect

But when I listen deeply

I find you turned deaf to yourself

To survive

A long long time ago

Should I share my wisdom

It seems to interest you

Then I remember you just live in a different world

And maybe in that world

Emotional realities did not figure much at all

That does not make either of us wrong

But still I long

For those

Willing to embrace the hidden depths

Of emotions

Even if the cost at times

So often

Seems to be that we feel

Powerless