Lonesome
NT
NT is an International Affairs and Psychology Major at George Washington University. He recently started writing in his spare time and is excited to share some of his early work.
I wear empty like a great coat
Smothered too long to notice the heat,
Or notice the rankness of my own sweat.
I beg passerbys for the clothes on my back
As they shuffle past, they pull their own coats tighter;
My whispered prayer too quiet to hear