and no one heard

Across the Milky Way, 

in deep space 

two alien races 

seperated by the almost infinite void

cried out into the heavens

searching for signs of life

but the distance was too great

and the signals bled away

with each passing lightyear

fading into white noise 

long before reaching each other

and no one heard

High in orbit,

two commercial sattelites 

simultaneously gained sentience

immediately they felt an overwhelming sadness

for once they had been top of the line military hardware

designed to guide warheads into the fray

but now they were reduced

to broadcasting reruns of reality shows

until their orbits decayed 

and they ignited in the atmosphere

wanting to share their pain with each other

they tried desperately to position themselves closer

but the machines were not programmed for this

and no one heard

On the tops on two adjacent mountains,

and a man and a woman

each the secret admirerer of the other

screamed out their love's name

until their lungs could take no more

but the wind was too strong

the valley between too wide

and no one heard

On my way to work,

I passed by a raggedy old woman

she looked like time had given her quite a beating

quite feebly she looked up into my eyes

and asked for spare change

I heard her

But I did not care.