I Stand Alone

I stand inside the glass case
always alone
a show piece but not really
just the price of thinking differently
"Item one!" hollers the auctioneer
a crowd of potential buyers gather
they all look alike
almost identical
                                                   but nothing like me
"Oh isn't she beautiful!" one bidder remarks
"Exquisite!" another yells excitedly
"Minute and so finely detailed!" still another shouts
"Unique, truly one-of-a-kind!" shrieks a louder one still
"Fifty thousand!" cries the first bidder
"Eighty thousand!" says the next
"Make that one hundred thousand!"
Then I hear
                                    my own voice
                                                            scream
"I bid one ounce of truth!"
Glass shatters at my feet
all around
Now I stand alone amongst the shards
                                        in an empty room
                                                             my world, all I know
the highest bid wins
Independent minds think alone but not alike.

© 2010 Lyndsey Warren