What happens to One,

One who wants nothing,

Nothing but to be loved,

Loved at any price?

What happens to the desperate?

One whose life is filled

With nothing but hate.

A life always filled with

A desire, a wanting, a yearning.

Just wishing to be loved.

The one whose life means…

Nothing.

The one who soothes himself

By empty dreams,

Empty wishes, empty hopes.

Tell me, please,

What happens to the desperate,

Unwanted, unloved One?

I wish to know.

Because, I am that One.

-Heather Leina’ala Martin-

revised 17 October 2002