Alone in a Crowd | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Alone in a Crowd

Alone in a Crowd

April 24, 2011
By The_Pen_is_Mightier GOLD, North Woodmere, New York
More by this author
The_Pen_is_Mightier GOLD, North Woodmere, New York
13 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace."- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

View profile

A glance around
A flash of pain
A soreness of heartache
A glimpse of sad truth
The grip of awkwardness
The hurtfulness of familiarity
The agony of people known
The peculiarity of the sensation
Of being alone in a crowd

The author's comments:
I wish I could say that I didn't know this feeling.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
The Top
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
Never The Same
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
I hate splash water on the lack of there-forth
By Anonymous
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Breathing
By costarican93 GOLD
Washington, Louisiana
costarican93 GOLD, Washington, Louisiana
14 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The city looks so pretty do you want to burn it with me?&quot;- Hollywood Undead

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.