A Lantern Dimmed

In the din of crowded rooms, my voice but a breeze,
Whispering secrets none seem to seize.
“I’m not their friend,” I confess to the night,
A solitary figure, a forgotten plight.

Blind to the burdens that in my heart weigh,
They chase after lies that lead them astray.
My truth, a lantern dimmed in the fog,
Lost to those dialogues, a muddled monologue.

They believe not in the words I propose,
But in the echoed untruths that around them close.
A world fabricated by the hands of kin,
Where falsehoods are draped as truths within.

Alas, I walk this path alone, unseen,
Invisible truths with me convene.
Yet still I hold the torch up high,
A beacon for those who might question why.

For perhaps one day, through the dense haze,
A wayward soul will catch the blaze.
And see beyond the veil so thin,
To where deceit ends and truth begins.

Till then, I wander, an outcast of minds,
My solace in the few who seek what they find.
Though people don’t listen, don’t see the creed,
I carry the truth, not for me, but for the need.

April 15, 2024
Created by
MarkWaldrop

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