We talk so little
I didn't realize
How different and
Disconnected we are

We're strangers
Living in a shelter
Not a home
Filled with happiness

Everyone else hears
But I listen
To the creak of doors
To unheard voices

Everyone else ignores
But I notice
Are you sad or mad?
How was school?

Everyone else pretends
As if nothing else matters
But them
And their world

I live in a mimicry of reality
Where everything matters
Where you are noticed
Where you are loved

This shelter
I wish was a home
If only, if only
You cared at all

Not connected
Not a family
Only a group of beings
In anonymity

All because you hear
Not listen
Not notice
Not care about anything except you

But I listen
And I will fix
All the you neglected
With independence and pride