I Am Afraid
Looking out in a sea of faces
I am lonely, I am alone
there are always empty spaces
between them and me.
Why am I so afraid?
I am afraid they will look at me
and laugh and jeer to their friends
about my face my clothes my hair and see
that I am different, not like them
so I kept my distance, hoping...hoping
that someday they will break through and
touch me
and take the loneliness away.
Suzy-Lynn Veenboer
October 5, 1990
(written as Suzy-Lynn Holland)