Cruel laughter echoes from around a dark corner,
And down through the corridors of my mind,
Pursuing my spirit into the depths;

A smirking apparition watches silently,
Looking down from secure heights,
Amused at my mortal and lowly struggle;

Familiar strangers huddle and whisper disdain,
Conspiring faces turned ever inward,
Leaving me outside and alone;

I am outcast,
My soul is without a home,
I have no refuge.