Where have they gone
since I last took a look.?
I had tried my very best
to do all that I could.
I thought only a moment,
was all that had passed,
but now it feels like
a lifetime is gone.
Where are the ones,
who said that they care?
Who I thought,
always meant what they said.
Did I hesitate to long,
or look the wrong way?
Did I not measure up
to what they expected?
Where have they gone,
or were they ever here?
Was it just my imagination
all along.
But here I stand,
inside looking out,
feeling deep pain,
in my orphaned heart.






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