Our Aloneness
A Poem
We feel let down;
We feel manipulated;
We feel unjustly treated;
We have lost our dignity as persons.
It’s as if we are alone,
Forsaken by those we love,
Who’ve chosen different paths,
Unconcerned over commitments made.
It’s as if we are alone,
With Governments conditioning us
And making us consent,
To whatever they wish.
It’s as if we are alone,
When businesses build chimeras
Of hope and fulfilment,
Giving fickle and temporary relief.
It’s as if we are alone,
When Institutions offer no protection
From unjust treatment
And discrimination.
It’s as if we are alone,
When religion becomes divisive,
And man turns against man,
Brother against brother.
It’s as if we are alone,
When there is war
In every sphere of life
And no sight of peace.
It’s as if we are alone,
When the machine
Comes to usurp us
And make us useless.
It’s as if we are alone,
When we can’t trust anybody
Because our trust
Has been belied.
It’s as if we are alone,
Screaming in anger
Against the whole world,
And not knowing why.
It’s as if we are alone,
Battling viruses
Unleashed on us,
With no cure in sight.
It’s as if we are alone,
With climate change
Threatening
Our species’ extinction.
It’s as if we are alone,
But are we?
