Adrift

Alien in my own land
Surrounded by life forms but
Always alone.
The pain has rooted to my
Inner most self.
It strangles my good will
And my positive vision.
I am drowning outside of water;
Family means nothing.
I am shot down, trampled on and
Left for dead...
While they skip off, laughing
As if I deserved it,
Like I'm scum to be scraped away
And discarded; never born at all
But landed on earth to walk about
Lost.

-Erin M. Truesdale
4/22/13