A Friendly Face

Lost and alone in an endless ocean
A deluge of loneliness and isolation
Waves washing constantly over my head
There are people all around me, but words go unsaid.
None of them know me or who I can be.
I look at myself and wonder what they see.
One thing is missing: a friendly face.
A smile of recognition in a strange new place;
Someone to listen and understand;
Someone to laugh with and hold my hand
I feel I am a stranger drowning in the deep,
The smile and the happy face, proving hard to keep
I find myself dragged back and forth with each changing tide
And with every passing day the sadness is harder to hide.