Alienate

I feel so trapped,

    so out of place

Nothing in common

    with this human race

Terror and pain,

    it's all so obscene

Most inhumane and

    so very unclean

Think if you will

    just how you would feel

If dropped into a place,

    foreign, surreal

Anger and war

    and merciless greed

Compassion so scarce,

    no love left to need

Surrounded by beasts

    more selfish than not

You want to relate,

    you give it a shot

The harder you try,

    the farther away

Can't run and hide,

    surviving each day

It may just be me,

    I may be insane

Regardless I'm living

    on a different plain

The violence I see

    is not in my head

The petty debris that

    the powerless shed

Trade in your soul

    for seconds of fame

In the long run,

    you'll know who to blame

I wait for the day

    I find out it's a hoax

For now just a bit

   of compassion I coax.