There is no cure for isolation

when the silence is drip fed,

when it is interrupted,

painfully, awkwardly

by the can you do this for me,

rather than just a simple

random, text, media social hello,

thinking of

you

but don’t know how to say it properly,

because I don’t want see you upset,

not you.

They only talk to you

when they want something,

and then it is to tell you

how you should feel.

Ian D. Hall 2017