We Are Here; Who Cares?

To think that people care

Is a tragic thought I can’t bear.

Frightened by nightmares, I weep. I wake at dawn

And from no one is a speech of ease; so I mourn

Everyone laughs at my mistakes

With such a burden to live in a world of heartbreaks

To think you would have my back,

What a shame to watch you leave when I lack

I searched for the one who truly cares

Who could understand even beneath my tears

No one I saw;

At all sides, my sight was sore

When the word ‘care’ comes to mind

Who claims to love with proves so hard to find?

Little itsy-bitsy things as this we ignore

Only for hearts to languish in anguish beyond cure

To all orphans and pariahs starved of an embrace of care

I share your pain as I pen down your tears

And wish the world would someday know you are there

With or without moments that call for cheers