Ostracized Poem by Vi Lanflagle

I’m losing it.
Losing it all.

It’s falling apart
Right in front of my eyes.

Our friendship is losing ground
It’s getting shaky
It’s falling apart
Piece by piece.

I’m being left out,
And I feel distant,
As if I were a hundred miles away.

I’m feeling weird – how suddenly
I’m not included anymore,
Just because I wasn’t there.

Something happened and I couldn’t come around,
So my friends moved on –
Without me.

They won’t take me with them.
I’ll be left behind in the dust.

(Summer 2005)