Crowded Loneliness

 In an endless universe,
 On a piece of rock,
 In a quiet, dark, and cold orbit,
 We all travel together into the unknown.

 Actually, neither I nor you are different.
 Yet we are so alien to one another.
 How are we so lonely when we’re billions?
 I wish we didn’t have secrets.

 Each of us fights a unique battle.
 Impossible to know what one’s been through.
 Our only goal is to survive and adapt.
 What we expect are some respect, tolerance, and patience.

 02/06/2022

 P.S. Translated from Turkish. Here is the original.