Silent Screams

In a crowd,

Among known strangers,

I sit behind a wall of unfamiliarity.

Why am I here?

Do they even know who I am?

Do they see my pain through my eyes?

Or do they only see my pink tinted lips, curled upwards?

Hiding behind my laughter and brave words,

Is a world no one notices.

 A melancholic world of mine..

Invisible to all but me.

I run.. I try to hide.. I scream.. I cry!

Do you not see me?

Do you not feel my sadness?

Do you not hear my pleadings?

And as they turn their backs..
I get engulfed by my own sorrow.. silently, slowly but just as surely.