"I Need No One"

I need no one

I have always been alone

I am hidden and unseen

Yet people say I am more than that

Feh! I am everything I seem

I am as different from human

As night differs from day

I am unloved, cold, lonely, and miserable

And I like it fine that way

I need no one

I don't need nor want your kindess

I can't stand your sympathy

Unless you can forgive my disfiguration

Just stay away from me

I am alone, unchanging, bitter

Horrid, inhuman, unsettling, and unsure

And every day, I wake up like this

And hope to find my "cure"

Until then... I need no one