Unseen

I wonder through the crowds, unseen, A solitary figure, in a tide of faces. Silent screams echoe within, A prisoner of emotions no one hears. Pain sears through my veins, a reminder I'm alive, yet longing to be free, No one will notice, no one ever does. I am invisible, unseen, A ghost hovering in the periphery. Suffocating under the weight of solitude, I yearn to be seen, to be heard, to be known, But the flames of hope are smothered, The embers cold, like my heart, inside and out. Yet even now, I'm unseen.