all is quiet no noise slithers through the air no one but me is there. later, I am surrounded by a sea of people, their voices swarm through the humid rain-filled air physically I'm crowded, mentally I'm avoided and secluded, the air is always quiet where i am and where i choose to be, i look around; no one is here but me. until i find the one who plasters a smile on my face the one who makes me laugh with his humorous grace, he hums his written songs in my ear i wont admit, but close to my heart i hold him dear