Cold Inside

Socially inept Stevie
Such a scared little puppy    
             
Petrified of any human interaction
that may generate uncertain feelings
                                    
So he uses his weirdness as a shield

Safe with always being the odd man out
which reinforces his walls of protected loneliness

Will never let the prying world see
within his contained environment
where he can remain comfortably different
locked in solitary

What a shame this deluded soul refuses to realize
how rapidly our time on Earth flies

Someday when his existence begins to wane
he will look back
at the missed opportunities and sigh
and regret all the life he let slip on by