I’m stuck in a box of the coldest, clearest ice
I can see out, but it’s so clear that no one notices it
I’m watching the world ebb and flow, learn and grow around me
Yet I’m stuck
Unmoving, unchanging
Not living not laughing not loving
I see everyone dating, getting engaged, getting married building families
And I’m not
But they never seem to notice and if they do they really don’t care
Now scientifically, I know this ice has to melt
It’s 109 degrees for goodness sake
But it doesn’t and while we all know how I don’t do in the cold, somehow there’s not a damn thing to do about it
I’m just here
I don’t get to forget it
It’s forever encasing me
Grieving, surviving but not thriving
Getting older yet staying the same
Just watching all your lives pass me by
But even if it did melt, I’m surely freezer burned by now and would get thrown away with the trash