I'm surrounded by all these people who claim so much to care <br />Yet it's the ones I 'don't know' who are always there. <br />I feel so alone in a place supposedly home. <br />I wonder sometimes, as my mind always roams, <br />Would I be better off where they are? <br />In a place where 'home' would seem so far? <br />It's these people I meet but never have seen <br />That seem to mean the most to me... <br />Isn't it funny how those who are near <br />Are often the ones that to you are less dear? <br />All I want is to be rid of this pain, <br />To be able to live with joy again. <br />Of friends online I often boast. <br />It is those from afar who mean the most.<br /><br />Elizabeth Sheaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-unseen-prove-most-dear/
