Another sample from my forthcoming book  ENCOUNTERS:

Oblivion

I sit alone,

as the world walks by

oblivious to my pain,

as am I...now.

Dishwater tea,

made weaker still

by soundless tears

left unchecked to flow

and splatter where they may,

sits cold and abandoned

between my hands.

Time moves on but I stay,

sunk deep within the realms

of heartbreak, loneliness and loss,


as the world

walks by,

oblivious to my cost.