I am not alone.

A statement bold from a coward's lips,
And in that respect, I am not alone,
For anyone who scratches out their words
As many times as I have
Is too afraid to live.

I'm not the only one,
Who worries about their future,
Wonders if they're on the right path,
And dreams of dreams come true.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who tries every way possible,
To express who they truly are,
And yet is never satisfied.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Imagining the world revolves around them,
Believing bad things happen to them on purpose,
And that they deserve it all.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who loathes the person they are,
Hates the things they do,
And lies to themselves every day.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who sits in their room at night,
Crying to their pillow about nothing,
And wondering if someone is thing about them now.
I am not alone.

I am not the only one,
Who wonders how they were given everything,
Taken it all for granted, asked for more,
And resents themselves for their blessings.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Surrounded by friends and family,
Surrounded by love and compassion,
Yet feels utterly alone.
But I am not alone.

I am not the only one,
Who feels incomplete without a partner,
Who feels empty without that love inside,
And believes that they don't deserve it anyway.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who wakes up every day, hopeful,
Encounters his fears and insecurities,
And loses faith in everything he is.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who refuses to accept that people genuinely care,
Who pushes away the ones who do,
And who imagines that others have it better.
Maybe I should be alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who can't understand why people have to lie,
Who doesn't see the point of building someone up,
Just to let them fall away, broken.
Better off alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who aches for a change,
Pines for life to reconfigure,
And runs when the same shit goes down.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who's had their ego crushed,
Had their emotions disregarded,
Or felt like the world's biggest joke.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Writing line after line,
Hoping that it will give the answers,
Or at least take the pain away.
I am not alone.

I am the only one,
Sitting in this room,
Avoiding the good life I could have,
And feeling restless and distraught.
Then why am I alone?

I'm not the only one,
Who has the potential for greatness,
Who is destined for something beyond themselves,
And who fears that they've missed the turn.
I am not alone.

I'm not the only one,
Who feels worthless without someone to hold,
Who feels like a failure without someone to help,
And who feels unwanted without someone to love.
Alone, and not alone.

So, I propose,
To those out there,
Alone with me,
Alone without a reason,
Join me in my solitude.

All together now:

"Alone I dream, alone I wake,
I want to stop, I want to break,
Alone I suffer, alone I remain,
I hate myself, I hate the pain.
Alone I journey, alone I fight,
I dream of you nearly every night,
Alone in my thoughts, alone in my dreams,
The world isn't as bad as it seems.
Alone I wonder, alone I pray,
That you will take my tears away,
Alone in the world, alone much longer,
The struggle and scars will make us stronger.

Alone together, alone as one,
I'm not the only person who feels alone."