I am Scared to go Outside Today

by Joe Marchia

going outside means seeing people
who will think things
and will look at me
and they will go home
and they will cook dinner
and they will watch T.V.

they will live for the next forty years
they will cry when their parents die
they will call a friend on that friend's birthday
they will remember things in their life
they'll hope for good things
they'll keep hoping
they'll wonder why things are how they are
they'll feel ready for amazing things
they'll wait and wait and wait

i'll be inside
i don't want to see anyone
i don't want anyone to see me
i don't want any part of it