An Island

i am standing amidst an ocean
an ocean of unknown faces,
an ocean of forgotten places,
an ocean of men,
an ocean of women,
an ocean of humanity,
an ocean of empathy,
surrounded by love,
surrounded by pain,
surrounded by hate
surrounded by rain.

i look for,
a person....the person.
confused by this mess,
suffocated by these superficial actions,
suffocated by these superficial reactions.
i look around for a shoulder
i look around for something familiar,
i look around for something genuine,
i look around for comfort.

In this surrounding entropy,
i look for some space,
i long for a lonely place,
i long for the hope of a sunrise,
i long for the company of the breeze,
i long for the calm before the storm.
in my search of this elusive place,
i look inside
and find the loneliest place around.