Detached

By Aidan Romo

I am young, but I think old.

I am smart, but I feel stupid.

I am free, but I feel chained.

I am me, but I think you.

I can write, but not correctly.

I can speak, but not fluently.

I can think, but not logically.

I can love, but not passionately.

I have friends, but they can’t see me.

I have family, but they can’t hear me.

I have money, but it can’t help me.

I have a life not enough for me.

In my work, my goals,

My thick water, my thicker blood,

My time, my age,

My mind, my life,

I feel detached.

I am detached,

Have been detached,

Will be detached.

Have you felt it?

Can you feel it?

Will you feel it?

Can one even tell…?