Protected In Pain

protected I sit alone lacking the comfort of love no one to soothe my isolation surviving an angry crowd i want to scream out loud where is my equal someone strong in spirit able to find love under the pain pain from slights of countless people love not gone just covered up tight out in the open what others see not the real me pain that has a life of it's own taking my laughter eating away at my joy leaving me protected and alone Becky Jo Gibson