Together And Isolated by John Ludi from Madison United States

born to estrangement, we're each alone here
with suion and selfish fears.
all in error and thrown together,
and all fomenting our own dark weather.

live but never learn, watching bridges burn.

and each new contact contains a danger.
words, will or weapons, best to be strangers.
always uncertain communication,
person to person, nation to nation.

live but never learn, watching bridges burn.
walls between our lives, doubt clouding our eyes.

(c) honesty's an empty promise when we speak.
you are wary, i'm mistrustful and we're both weak.
bile and venom fill the vacuum with spite and rage.
together and isolated, bound and caged.

so all divided and all conflicted
by finite senses, vision restricted.
and some are watching, but none are listening,
and some try reaching, but all keep missing.