Words Spoken...

words spoken

       but never heard

hands reaching

       but never grasping

questions asked

        but never answered

love given

        but never returned

presence here

        but never acknowledged

depressed by being shut out

angered by being left out

            “I’m here, damn you!

        Breathing, well and alive!

             I feel, I think, I’m real!

                        open your eyes,

                   take off your blindfolds,

                        and see me for me!”

wasted breath

        causing only more pain

because they are

        words spoken

                but never heard…