Darkness is a Straw

A billion people and your voice isn’t heard

Hopes squashed beneath a faceless herd

Your heart beats softer as it ebbs into decline

Darkness is a straw to suck in the sunshine

Isolation clings like a thick cold sweat 

There’s no way to wash off this regret

Life buzzes all around but you’re not there

Hands pressed to glass, you watch in despair