There is one truth that persists
as time ticks and
rain slicks and
the mind clicks
As people around me feel sound
as safe as long as hopes abound
I sit in anguish angry still
as quiet eyes challenge the chill
and silence takes in all its fill
As I live on and as I exist
as always ever I am this
I AM the cold that haunts the air
I AM the emptiness of a stare
I AM the dream without a prayer
Yes, the one truth is this
while I am here, no one will care
when I look for it, there’s no one there