When All Fail

We want it
Without question
Or doubt.
To be in love
To find friendship
Closeness.

Where are our eyes
Where are our souls
To love ourselves
To trust ourselves?

When all come together
When we cross city streets
Shoulder to shoulder
Face to face
Breath to breath
We are alone.

And when all asleep
In our beds
With selfish thoughts
And prayers for ourselves
In dark silence
Or screaming abuse
We are alone.

It's strange to say,
But we are alone
For every day.

And when love fails you
When deceit greets you
You are alone
With all you held onto
With all you never lost.