Gathering

Gathering

I often feel lost amongst the crowd;

the voices are incredibly loud.

It fills my ears to the highest degree,

makes me want to immediately flee.

What do I say?

How do I act?

I’m overwhelmed, and that’s a fact.

Invisible to others,

well known to me,

stuck in my private purgatory.

The scream in my head

never seems to silence the dread.