“Everybody Says Don’t” …With thanks to Stephen Sondheim…

   Sometimes I feel so alone

  even when I’m not feeling lonely.

  Sometimes I just need to talk

  even when there’s nothing to ponder.

  Sometimes I just want a touch

  even when I don’t need embraces.

  Sometimes I want different answers

  even when there aren’t new questions.

  Sometimes I don’t want to be me; 

  tho’ I know there’s no else I can be.

“Make just a ripple; come on be brave, 

this time a ripple, next time a wave”

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 2 March 2015