The Observer
Quietly I sit and watch the people walking to and
fro
Laughing, talking, sighing, smiling
They all look so full of bliss
Some look sad, but they all are together
Busily going about their lives
*Ah the serenity the darkness brings
I shut all light from my life
Lost inside the darkness of my little room
Lost inside my private little tomb
Quietly I sit and view the various scenes
All these people constantly together
Never alone, afraid to be alone
Oh so happy to be sociable
Yet I exclude myself from their social world
still I remain happy
Left to the darkness of my mind
To quietly sit and to quietly die
When I look around everyone seems so content
They never take the time to open their eyes
or realize they're alive
My mouth remains permanently shut
The words I cannot or will not bring forth
My eyes are open, quite open
and the things I have seen
have made me silent and alone*
