broken pieces of reality

seeing through a busted lens.....
light sharply refracts, reflects,
in intricate patterns that dont make snese
nothing seems to fit together..
images in fragments beyond my comprehension
letters and words in a foreign language
broken pieces of reality.
shattered reflections of memory.
disconnected thoughts and feelings, logic and reason..
conversation is treacherous, downright dangerous
every sentence a potential threat
words get lost in meaning
a bitter empty longing loneliness
left in the wake of misunderstanding ....
watching the world in cracked mirror..all the pieces askew.
misreading all the cues....
as tears fall silently i am invisible in a sea of people.
-july 17, 2004