Away

As it were, conforming not an option,
we look the other way.
Seeking respite from the bashing
offered by society,
the rejection and biased glances;
we withdraw.
Nothing to offer the superficial daily existence,
grinding onward in a melancholy haze,
we cast glances in other directions
and turn our attention inward.
We are us
and ever will be.
Pliable and adapting to obstacles thrown in our path,
we step
upward and beyond
to look above the distortion
and into our very own
private
quiet.
It is here that love surrounds
and falls are softened
by God's gentle mercy.