sidelines

Why don't they listen? 

I'm screaming out

But the world is oblivious.

I wish it would stop,

this constant noise

a background to

everything.

A permanent fixture

without an eject button

It never stops, 

no matter what I do.

They don't listen.

"It'll go away,"

they say.

Do they not see?

It can't be stopped.

I fear it is something

I can't control.

But I already know the answer

Don't I?

Perhaps it's humanity

That would make sense.

But who would want that to end?

Everyone loves life,

right?

Wrong.

It's the people on the sidelines,

you don't notice them,

knife to heart, pills to mouth.

Screaming so loud,

hoping someone will see.

No one does.

~Akinli Wilde